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Two men dead after attempted small boat Channel crossing
- Two men died and two women were hospitalized with burns while attempting to cross the English Channel overnight from Sunday to Monday, French authorities reported.
- La Voix du Nord, a regional French newspaper, reported the women's burns resulted from a chemical reaction between gasoline and seawater; the deaths bring Franco-British maritime border fatalities to at least 24 this year.
- Last week, another crossing resulted in three deaths, including a 10-year-old child, underscoring the dangers of hazardous journeys in unstable rubber dinghies that smugglers charge thousands of dollars to arrange.
- Separately, 149 migrants arrived at Gosport marina late Sunday, where Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary imposed conditions under the Public Order Act amid an anti-migrant protest.
- The Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor has opened an investigation into the deaths, while The Home Office stated The Border Security Command continues processing small boat arrivals in Kent.
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Two men died in boat carrying migrants to Britain, French authorities say
PARIS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Two men have died after a boat carrying about 90 migrants got into difficulty off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France and had to be assisted by coastguards, the local French authority said on Monday. The ...
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