Number of attempts to cross Channel has been particularly high for several days, say French authorities

Two children are among three people to have died in the English Channel overnight in a small boat tragedy, French authorities report.

Three other migrants are ‘missing’ after incident in dinghy with 38 people on board off French coast

Number of attempts to cross Channel has been particularly high for several days, say French authorities

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Officials say the three people were likely killed after being crushed at the bottom of a packed boat

The three who died were believed to have been crushed, French officials said, calling it ‘a night unlike any they had seen in months’.