A young migrant dies during an attempt to cross the Channel, despite the intervention of emergency services

A Maritime Affairs patrol boat and a helicopter were dispatched to a boat in difficulty, which finally continued its way towards the English coast.

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Cliffs of the British coast visible from France, on the other side of the Channel, January 28, 2023. (PHILIPPE TURPIN / PHOTONONSTOP / AFP)

A minor migrant died during an attempt to cross the Channel and another person, injured, was airlifted to the hospital in Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), the prefecture announced on Saturday October 5 maritime channel of the Channel and the North Sea (Prémar). An overloaded boat requested assistance early in the morning, and rescuers recovered 14 people on board between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., including this deceased person, whose age and sex are not yet known.

On the social network the boat in difficulty. After the rescue, the other passengers in the boat continued on their way to England.

La Prémar specifies that it is not a shipwreck, the deceased having been found in the canoe, not in the water. This new death brings to 47 the number of exiles who died in these crossing attempts in the year 2024.


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