The small boat was apparently full of migrants trying to make the well-trodden, but extremely risky English Channel crossing from mainland Europe to Britain.
A major search and rescue operation is continuing in the dark and cold waters of the English Channel, after at least four people died and 43 others were rescued when their small migrant boat capsized.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is trying to tighten rules to prevent record numbers of migrants from attempting the Channel crossing, called the capsize a 'tragic loss of human life'.
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Four people died when a small boat packed with migrants capsized in freezing temperatures in the Channel overnight, Britain said on Wednesday. Dozens of others were plucked from the waters of one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in a large-scale rescue operation involving UK and French emergency services. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is […]