France: One migrant dead, 81 rescued as Channel crossings resume

France · Rest of Europe region

Eighty-one people were rescued, and one perished while attempting to cross the English Channel from France on Friday, according to the French Maritime Prefecture for the Channel and North Sea. Experts and analysts have noted that smugglers are using bigger boats to carry more people as border authorities increase surveillance.

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