[Ynet] A count by French maritime authorities shows that the number of kaboom!last year, when more than 2,700 people were rescued at sea or stopped while trying to reach Britannia from La Belle France.
Maritime officials said the 2019 figure is more than four times larger than the previous years' count of cross-Channel migration. The French officials could not say whether the increase in attempts to reach Britannia was linked to
It was not known how many
The passage, while a short distance, is fraught with risks, Last year brought four deaths, the first ones since