About 20 folks have misplaced their lives in two weeks whereas making the perilous journey on overcrowded boats.
No less than eight folks have died in a single day whereas making an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to the UK, in line with French regional authorities.
“A number of migrants misplaced their lives,” the Pas-de-Calais prefecture mentioned on Sunday. The AFP information company, quoting a French police supply, reported that the tragedy occurred after the boat they had been travelling in capsized.
The announcement comes lower than two weeks after 12 folks had been killed after a ship they had been travelling in capsized throughout an tried crossing of the Channel.
It was the deadliest such catastrophe this 12 months and introduced the variety of migrant and refugee deaths within the Channel to 37, up from 12 in 2023.
Regional prefect Jacques Billant was set to carry a information convention later within the day, his workplace mentioned.
Maritime authorities mentioned on Saturday that quite a few makes an attempt by folks to make the perilous crossing in small boats have been tried in current days, with 200 folks rescued in 24 hours over Friday and Saturday alone.
In line with British officers, greater than 22,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in England by crossing the Channel because the starting of this 12 months.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged this summer time to strengthen “cooperation” in dealing with the surge in undocumented migrant numbers.
In July, 4 folks died when their inflatable boat capsized off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France.
In April, 5 folks, together with a toddler, died on an overcrowded boat carrying 112 folks from Wimereux, about 32km (20 miles) southwest of the French port of Calais to the UK.
The deadliest single such catastrophe up to now was in November 2021 when 27 folks died when their boat capsized.