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A total of 107 migrants were rescued on Wednesday by French authorities as they attempted to cross the Channel to reach England, according to the maritime prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea (Prémar).
Due to favorable weather conditions, “numerous departures of migrant boats” were observed on Wednesday on the coast of northern France, from Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) to Leffrinckoucke near Dunkirk (northern France), indicates , Thursday, Prémar in a press release.
Throughout the day, several assistance and rescue operations were coordinated by the regional operational surveillance and rescue center (Cross) Gris-Nez, according to the same source.
Thirty occupants of a boat off the Dunkirk sector were first rescued early in the day. The other occupants who wished to remain on board were “taken care of by British resources once they arrived in British waters”, according to Prémar.
Another migrant boat, still off the coast of Dunkirk, was later reported to be in difficulty due to “engine damage”. Its 51 occupants were recovered.
Twenty-six people were rescued aboard another boat in difficulty reported near Calais, the same source said.
The year 2024 is the deadliest in the Channel since the appearance of the phenomenon of “small boats”, these makeshift boats used to try to reach Great Britain, with at least 73 deaths in shipwrecks and fatal stampedes.
