Channel crossing: one migrant found dead, two others missing. Around fifty people recovered “A boat was reported in difficulty” and the Gris Nez Regional Operational Surveillance and Rescue Center then “initiated means to arrive in the area” “Around fifty migrants present on the boat were recovered and reported” to the emergency services that “three people were absent,” added this source.
Five migrants died on the night of January 13 to 14 while trying to reach a boat in freezing water to cross the Channel.