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Four people die in Channel crossing attempt, French authorities say
French authorities said 42 migrants were rescued and one was hospitalized after the sinking, which is under investigation.
- On Thursday, four people died after a small migrant 'taxi-boat' sank in the English Channel off Boulogne, French local authorities confirmed. The victims included two men and two women.
- Authorities refer to these vessels as 'taxi-boats,' with traffickers increasingly picking up migrants along French and Belgian coasts to evade intensified patrols, according to EU border agency Frontex spokesperson Chris Borowski.
- Data from the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory shows 41,500 people crossed the Channel last year, while approximately 2,200 migrants made the journey in the first two months of 2026.
- Emergency services rescued approximately 30 survivors from the water and treated them on the beach in Équihen-Plage after the early morning incident during an attempt to reach Britain.
- France recently rejected a British proposal to deploy British Border Force vessels to intercept small boats, revealing ongoing friction in bilateral cooperation efforts to prevent crossings.
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An accident will have occurred near Equihen-Plage, a town in the north of France, along the channel. Victims are two men and two women, but there is no confirmation of their age or nationality.
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Migrant dinghy sinks in Channel off France, 4 people die
A boat carrying more than 40 people ran into trouble early in the morning, with two men and two women dying in the waters. Crossings are building up after the winter lull, but the sea temperatures are slower to rise.
·Bonn, Germany
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