A 19-year-old from South Sudan faces charges for steering a record-breaking 167-person dinghy across the English Channel, sparking political firestorms and raising alarms over dangerous, overcrowded crossings. The vessel, intercepted by Border Force, was described as “alarming, unique and exceptional” — deflating and poorly built — while the teen insists he wasn’t the pilot. Meanwhile, migrant arrivals surge under the new Prime Minister, fueling immigration debates, and a deadly stabbing on a French beach has triggered a cross-border manhunt, with suspects allegedly fleeing to the UK aboard a boat carrying 165 migrants — underscoring the escalating peril and violence in these perilous journeys.

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