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Eight migrants have died in a single day off the coast of France whereas trying to cross the Channel, a police supply has informed native media.
Rescue providers had been known as to waters within the commune of Ambleteuse round 1am native time, in response to experiences this morning.
French maritime authorities stated on Saturday that 200 folks had been rescued in a 24-hour interval over Friday and Saturday.
Folks had been rescued from 4 completely different boats by the French coast guard and different first responders – one boat had 61 folks, one other had 55, and two extra had 48 and 36 people every, in response to the BBC.
All of these rescued had been introduced again to land.
Regional prefect Jacques Billant is ready to carry a information convention at 10:00 native time (9am BST).
The incident comes greater than per week the deadliest tried Channel crossing this yr, when six youngsters and a pregnant lady had been amongst a minimum of 12 migrants who died when their boat was “ripped open”.
Greater than 53 survivors had been plucked from waters off Gris-Nez level, between Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer, throughout a significant air and sea rescue operation on 3 September.
Greater than 30 folks have died in Channel crossings thus far this yr.
Round 400 folks have have arrived in Britain on small boats over the previous seven days, in response to official UK figures, taking the provisional whole this yr to over 21,000.
It is a breaking information story, extra follows…