A number of folks, together with a baby, died attempting to cross the English Channel from France to England, French Inside Minister Bruno Retailleau mentioned Saturday.
Makes an attempt to cross the Channel in small, overloaded boats are widespread regardless of robust currents on what is without doubt one of the world’s busiest delivery routes.
“Smugglers have the blood of those folks on their palms and our authorities will intensify the battle towards these mafias that arrange these lethal crossings,” mentioned Retailleau in X.
A complete of 14 folks had been touring on the boat. One among them was airlifted to a hospital after a search and rescue operation was carried out on Saturday morning, native maritime authorities mentioned.
The incident was the most recent in a collection this 12 months, together with one final month during which 12 migrants died when their boat capsized within the English Channel.
