Boat Sinks In Channel Full Of Migrants Killing Six People

After a boat transporting migrants sank in the English Channel, six people died.

According to a Premier spokesman, five to ten more people are still missing, according to AFP.

Authorities reported that 50 individuals had been pulled off the ship by British and French coastguards.

In Dover, several individuals were observed being removed from a lifeboat, some while being carried on stretchers, but the severity of injuries and precise numbers are still unknown.

Ten persons were brought to Dover, while the others were brought to Calais.

Early on Saturday, according to French authorities, a passing ship reported that a boat carrying too many people was having trouble off the coast of Sangatte, close to Calais.

Many individuals were in the water when the French lifeboat got there, some yelling for assistance. The Dover lifeboat joined the rescue effort while it was already in the English Channel assisting another boat carrying migrants.

After a boat transporting migrants sank in the English Channel, six people died.

Rescue workers continue searching the ocean for victims and survivors; boats are frequently so crowded that it is hard to know how many people are on board. A helicopter and an aircraft from the French Navy have been sent to aid the search.

According to Pierre-Henri Dumont, the MP for Calais, authorities are interviewing the migrants to find out what happened and where they are from.

This is the seventh time this week that rescuers have had to retrieve people from the river, according to the teams.

Although the event occurred on French soil, British and French rescue services collaborated during operations of this nature to save as many people as possible.

On one of the rescue boats, a volunteer reported to Reuters that immigrants were using their shoes to bail water out of the sinking boat.

There had been “too many” passengers, according to Anne Thorel.

After a boat transporting migrants sank in the English Channel, six people died.

An Afghan male between the ages of 25 and 30 was the first victim, a French prosecutor informed the AFP news agency.

The Refugee Council’s chief executive, Enver Solomon, thanked those who helped but asked the UK government to concentrate on developing an “orderly and humane asylum system.”

With 600 tankers and 200 ferries traveling through it each day, the English Channel is one of the busiest and most dangerous shipping waterways in the whole world.

More information on the incident has been requested from the UK Home Office. The incident was described as a “tragic loss of life” by Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Natalie Elphicke, a Dover MP, stated that the episode demonstrated the necessity of combined patrols on the French coast.

After a boat transporting migrants sank in the English Channel, six people died.

She said that the French authorities should prevent these overcrowded and unsafe death traps from ever leaving the French shore.

Stephen Kinnock, the shadow minister for immigration, described it as an “appalling, deeply shocking tragedy” on X, now known as Twitter.

The UK Coastguard reported that although a second small boat encountered trouble, everyone on board was saved.

According to government statistics, over a thousand migrants crossed the Channel in the last two days.

The incident occurred due to pressure on the UK government due to worries over a Legionella epidemic aboard their new migrant barge, Bibby Stockholm. Once bacteria was discovered in the water system, the first migrants to board the ship had to be taken off.

SOURCE – (BBC)