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Three individuals had been killed on Wednesday morning after an overloaded migrant boat sank within the English Channel off the coast of Calais.
French maritime authorities mentioned 45 individuals had been rescued alive and a search and rescue operation was nonetheless underway.
An investigation has been opened by the general public prosecutor of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
It comes after one child died when a ship sank tried to cross the Channel on Thursday night.
The search was launched when a life jacket was noticed by a member of the general public at sea, authorities mentioned.
Through the search, roughly 48 individuals had been recovered and first support was supplied to 2 unconscious individuals who had been introduced aboard a rescue ship.
They had been later pronounced lifeless in Calais.
A ferry recovered a 3rd physique and a fourth individual was injured, a later replace from the French coast guard mentioned.
The rescue mission concerned two boats and a helicopter, together with a medical workforce despatched to Calais.
These rescued had been met by land rescue companies and border police, whereas the search continued for others who might have been misplaced at sea, authorities added.
The yr 2024 has already develop into the deadliest yr for migrant crossings within the English Channel, in line with a United Nations company.
On September 3, six youngsters and a pregnant girl had been among the many twelve individuals who died after a ship with dozens of individuals on board sank off the French coast.
A month later, 4 individuals, together with a two-year-old boy, died after apparently being “trampled to demise” on two separate boats.
The most recent sinking brings the overall variety of deaths brought on by migrants attempting to cross the Channel this yr to at the very least 56.
On October 18, 647 migrants crossed the English Channel in 10 small boats, bringing the overall variety of individuals arriving in 2024 to twenty-eight,204.
The determine is sort of 8% increased than on the similar level final yr, however 25% decrease than the height yr of 2022.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has mentioned he’ll take more durable motion to crush the gangs smuggling individuals into Britain.
Three lifeless after migrant boat sinks within the English Channel
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