2023-08-12 11:12:54
by Foreign Editor
Five other people are “in serious condition”, 50 have been saved so far
A boat full of migrants – whose number is still unknown at the moment – capsized in the English Channel while sailing between France and England. One person died while five others are “in serious condition”, hospitalized in Calais hospital in France.
Rescue has been activated and 50 people have already been saved so far, the prefecture of the Manche-North Sea region said. The search operations involve five boats and a French helicopter and two British vessels in the waters off Sangatte, Pas-de-Calais department.
The British coastguard is collaborating with the French one, as mentioned, and a boat has left Dover.
In total, 15,826 people tried to cross the Channel on punts this year. Last Thursday, the Home Office (the British Ministry of the Interior) identified, according to statistics, 755 migrants in the Channel: it is the highest figure this year.
August 12, 2023 (change August 12, 2023 | 11:16 am)
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