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| Six dead after migrant boat capsizes in Channel |
| 2023-08-13 |
| [AlAhram] Six people were killed when a boat carrying A spokeswoman from the French coastal authority Premar said between five and 10 passengers were still missing, while 55 had been rescued. Four French ships and a helicopter plus two British vessels were involved in rescue effort off Sangatte in northern La Belle France, authorities said, adding that some survivors were rescued by the British vessels. Earlier officials had reported that one man of Afghan origin was killed and five others were in a critical condition. A maritime surveillance plane is also being deployed to the area, the Premar front man told AFP. Some of those rescued were taken to the French port of Calais, where an AFP news hound saw people disembarking from a patrol boat with emergency services on site. More than 100,000 French authorities have stepped up patrols and other deterrent measures after London agreed in March to send Gay Paree hundreds of millions of euros annually towards the effort. The route across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes has repeatedly proved perilous, with several capsizings and scores of Five In November 2021, 27 |
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