A Maritime Affairs patrol boat and a helicopter were dispatched on Saturday morning to a boat in difficulty, which finally continued its way towards the English coast.
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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.
“The Normandy Bee [un navire de la Marine française] was able to recover 14 people on board. Among these people, there is a minor found dead, whose exact age or sex is not yet known.explains Prémar, who specifies that “other rescue operations” were still underway on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Channel, involving the Abeille Normandie, SNSM vessels as well as one or more public service patrol boats.
On the social network of 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.