At least five migrants died Wednesday in the sinking of their boat in the Channel, off Calais, while they were trying to reach Great Britain, we learned from the Ministry of the Interior.
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Around 2:00 pm, a fisherman reported the discovery of about fifteen bodies floating off Calais.
A building of the National Navy recovered several bodies, including five dead people and five unconscious, according to a provisional report
”, the same source added, specifying that the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin was going there .