#Latest news with #AbeilleBelfast Telegraph19-05-2025GeneralBelfast TelegraphPerson dies after small boat carrying 62 migrants breaks up in English ChannelA person has died after an "overloaded" small boat carrying 62 people sank while they tried to cross the Channel overnight, French authorities said. The Maritime Prefect of the Channel and the North Sea said 62 people were pulled from the water after the boat broke up. The French assistance and rescue intervention tug (RIAS) Abeille Normandie recovered 50 people, while the RNLI recovered two people and the Border Force Ranger nine people. All those rescued were transferred to the Abeille.
Belfast Telegraph19-05-2025GeneralBelfast TelegraphPerson dies after small boat carrying 62 migrants breaks up in English ChannelA person has died after an "overloaded" small boat carrying 62 people sank while they tried to cross the Channel overnight, French authorities said. The Maritime Prefect of the Channel and the North Sea said 62 people were pulled from the water after the boat broke up. The French assistance and rescue intervention tug (RIAS) Abeille Normandie recovered 50 people, while the RNLI recovered two people and the Border Force Ranger nine people. All those rescued were transferred to the Abeille.
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