At least 12 dead after boat carrying migrants sinks in the English Channel
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By Emmanuel Miculita and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people died, most of them women and children, when a migrant boat capsized off the coast of northern France on Tuesday, according to French authorities.
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A boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France on Tuesday, plunging dozens into the treacherous waterway and leaving 12 dead, authorities said.
PARIS (AP) — The mayor of a French coastal town being used in a rescue operation says 13 migrants are dead after their boat ripped apart Tuesday during an attempted crossing of the English Channel. Dozens of people plunged into the treacherous waters of the busy channel.
By Emmanuel Miculita and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people died, most of them women and children, when a migrant boat capsized off the coast of northern France on Tuesday, according to French authorities.
"Unfortunately, the bottom of the boat ripped open," said Olivier Barbarin, mayor of a town in northern France where a first aid post was set up to treat victims.
A rescue operation is underway after at least 10 migrants died when their vessel capsized while crossing the Channel from France to Britain, La Voix du Nord newspaper reported.
The mayor of a French coastal town being used in a rescue operation says 13 migrants are dead after their boat ripped apart during an attempted crossing of the English
