Man dies trying to sail across English Channel, critics blast ‘deadly, costly' policies
UK , French authorities have confirmed.
A boat attempting to reach English shores turned back towards Equihen beach in northern
France on Saturday morning.
When it arrived at the beach, a man was found on board in a state of cardiac arrest, the Pas-de-Calais department's sub-prefecture told the PA news agency.
Despite emergency services intervening at the scene, the man died soon after.
Later on Saturday, a Royal National Lifeboat Institution boat carried a group of migrants who had made the voyage into the Port of Dover.
Pictures taken by the PA news agency showed the migrants huddled under blankets and orange life jackets aboard the boat.
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