What the papers say – November 25
The drowning of dozens of migrants when their boat capsized off the French coast leads the nation’s front pages.
The Daily Telegraph reports that 31 migrants died in the Channel disaster.
📰The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'31 migrants die in Channel disaster'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 24, 2021
Boris Johnson has urged France to do more to stop human traffickers getting away with murder, according to the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/uC2zjoKGDJ
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) November 24, 2021
Tomorrow's front page: Smugglers getting away with murder#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/k5oYnpWHG2
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) November 24, 2021
Metro asks why French police did not prevent refugees from making the perilous journey.
Thursday’s front page:
WHY DIDN’T FRANCE STOP THEM?#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/dryAPvPCO6
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) November 24, 2021
The Guardian and the Financial Times both note it was the deadliest incident in a recent surge of clandestine small-boat crossings.
THE GUARDIAN: Tragedy at sea claims 31 lives in deadliest day of refugee crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/PG6AvxOCGL
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) November 24, 2021
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 25 November https://t.co/GiBeBF4sWb pic.twitter.com/YHGRlwcu8n
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) November 24, 2021
The Times features the same photo as the FT, showing migrants preparing to launch a boat into the Channel near the French coastal town of Wimereux.
TIMES: Dozens of migrants drown in Channel dinghy tragedy #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iuwYXniDCR
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) November 24, 2021
The Daily Mirror describes it as a “human tragedy”, and pictures children crammed into a dinghy to make the same crossing as the ill-fated boat.
Tomorrow’s front page: A human tragedy #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/hgqarVWmBn pic.twitter.com/KotmPvLWEM
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) November 24, 2021
The Independent also calls it a “tragedy”, while the i describes as “horror” the fact the migrants died “in search of a better life”.
INDEPENDENT: Tragedy in the Channel #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/F4ugExra9Y
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) November 24, 2021
Horror in the Channel: 31 die in search of a better life#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— i newspaper (@theipaper) November 24, 2021
The Daily Star’s front page, meanwhile, also features the disaster, but leads with Nasa’s Dart spacecraft departing on a mission to knock an asteroid off course.
Tomorrow's front page: Armageddon outta here!#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/td32sNUA2y pic.twitter.com/5x84VYsDP9
— Daily Star (@dailystar) November 24, 2021