Migrant dies trying to cross English Channel, says French coastguard

Fresh blow for Keir Starmer as another Channel migrant record is broken

Some 341 people made the journey in six boats on Thursday, bringing the provisional total for the year so far to 5,025.

Second migrant in two days dies trying to cross English Channel

A total of four deaths have been recorded by the French coastguard in its rescue operations in the Channel this year.

One person dead and 15 rescued after trying to cross English Channel

French authorities said the overcrowded boat set off close to the port of Dunkirk on Wednesday evening.

One person dead and 15 rescued crossing Channel in overloaded boat

French authorities rescue people from the water after small boat overloaded with close to 100 migrants

2 migrants have died in as many days in attempted sea crossings from France to the UK

PARIS (AP) — Two migrants have died in attempts to cross the treacherous waters of the English Channel from France to Britain over the past two days, the French maritime authorities said Thursday. They were the seventh and eighth migrant…

This death brings to eight the number of people who have died since January, in an attempt to cross the English Channel.