A new sinking of a migrant boat who were trying to cross the Channel irregularly left a baby dead and 65 people savedFrench authorities reported this on Friday.
The operation took place late Thursday afternoon, after the Manche maritime prefecture was alerted of the departure of an illegal ship coming from the area of the town of Wissant. “Once in the area, the patrols verified that the boat, heavily loaded, was in difficulty and that some of the people were in the water,” the prefecture said in a press release.
French emergency services They were able to save 65 people, but a baby, found unconscious, could not be resuscitated and was pronounced deceased.
The Channel is one of the busiest maritime sectors in the world, with some 600 commercial vessels traveling every day, in an area where weather conditions are often difficult and with strong winds that make it particularly dangerous, even when the waters are apparently calm. Despite announcements from the French and British governments to fight against human trafficking networks and strengthen the security of the canal – which separates the two countries over 35 kilometers – the year 2024 That’s already more than fifty deaths..
This makes it a period four times deadlier than all of 2023, when a dozen deaths were recorded. So far in 2024, it is estimated that at least 22,000 migrants and asylum seekers have arrived on UK shores from northern France.generally embarking from areas close to the cities of Calais and Dunkirk.
The United Kingdom attracts many immigrants because it is an English-speaking country where they already have family and friends and where it is possible to regularize by arriving illegally if you have a job, a much slower and more complicated process. In France.
