A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
A boat carrying over 50 asylum seekers have sank in the Channel, killing two individuals, according to French maritime authorities.
A rescue mission was initiated on Wednesday morning after a life jacket was discovered in the water, with helicopters and rescue boats mobilized for the search and rescue operation, according to the French marine prefecture for the Channel and North Sea.
Authorities said that 46 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Calais, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.
Another two persons were unconscious when they were transferred to one of the rescue boats and got first aid assistance, they added. However, onshore medical experts confirmed the deaths once they arrived in Calais.
According to a statement released by French officials on Wednesday morning, the search for other people who may still be in the water is ongoing.
The public prosecutor’s office in Boulogne-sur-Mer has begun an investigation.
The latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 55, and comes less than a week after a baby died while a boat carrying 65 people got into difficulty.
CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined.
At the beginning of October, a two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to make the perilous crossing from France.
More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures.
Just under 30,000 people did so in 2023, after a peak of 45,755 people in 2022.
Such attempts to reach Britain first started to be detected in late 2018 after increasingly stringent security measures at ports and the Eurotunnel succeeded in preventing stowaways on lorries and trains bound for the UK.
According to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, citizens of five countries (Iran, Albania, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria) account for two-thirds of individuals crossing in small boats since 2018.
Those who reach Britain sometimes face years-long waits for their asylum claims to be processed, with the Refugee Council forecasting that the number of applications awaiting determination might reach 118,063 in January.
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