Child among 2 migrants who died attempting to cross English Channel to Britain in small boat

A pistillate and a kid person died connected an attempted illicit overnight oversea crossing from France to Britain

PARIS -- A pistillate and a kid died connected an attempted illicit overnight oversea crossing Wednesday from France to Britain.

It brings the fig of deaths this week connected the risky migration route to astatine slightest three, French maritime authorities said. At slightest 14 radical person died truthful acold this year.

French rescue services recovered the pistillate and kid unconscious aboard a tiny vessel carrying astir 80 migrants disconnected the Pas de Calais seashore of bluish France, maritime authorities said successful a statement.

A French Navy vas took aboard 10 different radical who asked to beryllium rescued from the boat, it said.

The remainder of those aboard the vessel past continued into British waters, portion the French naval vas transported those who had been rescued to the French larboard of Calais, it said.

Earlier this week, 1 idiosyncratic died and different was reported missing astatine oversea aft a vessel overloaded with migrants broke isolated during different attempted overnight crossing of the English Channel.

The missing person's assemblage has not been found, French maritime authorities said.

More than 12,500 radical person crossed the English Channel connected tiny boats truthful acold successful 2025, according to U.K. authorities figures.

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