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☆ Migrant boat crossing Channel from France capsizes, at least six dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Pascal Rossignol | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] "Notre Dame du Risban", an SNSM lifeboat, enters the port of Calais following a rescue operation after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized, in Calais, France, August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolCALAIS, France, Aug 12 (Reuters) - At least six people died and more than 50 were rescued after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized early on Saturday, local authorities said. "There were too many of them on the (migrant) boat," she told Reuters by phone as she returned to the shore. Thorel, who shared a picture of migrants on the rescue boat, wrapped in survival blankets, said no one died on the boat she was involved with rescuing. UK government figures show that the number of migrant Channel crossings since the start of 2018 exceeded 100,000 this week.

Persons: du Risban, Pascal Rossignol, Franck Dhersin, Sangatte, Anne Thorel, Elisabeth Borne, Herve Berville, Rishi Sunak's, Suella Braverman, Ingrid Melander, Tangi Salaun, Christian Hartmann, David Miliken, Helen Popper, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, Local, Reuters, Maritime Affairs, Britain's coastguard, coastguard, Border Force, British coastguard, Conservative Party, Thomson Locations: Calais, France, Britain, Thorel, Dover, Paris, London

☆ Intrepid septuagenarians have cold water poured on cross-channel record
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The brave septuagenarians arrived on Sangatte beach near Calais in September having entered the water 21 miles away on England's Kent coast 18 hours earlier in pitch darkness. But their incredible achievement has not been ratified by The Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation (CSPF), because of what was described as an 'illegal changeover'. Group leader Bob Holman, 78, said he was 'totally gutted' that 'nit-picking and a pedantic attitude' by the overseeing organisation had denied them the record. Legal action is now being considered by the group whose effort raised thousands of pounds for an Alzheimer's charity. The Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation has been approached by Reuters for comment.

☆ Cel puţin 43 de migranţi care doreau să ajungă în Europa s-au înecat după naufragiul unui vas în largul Tunisiei
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-04 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesCel puţin 43 de migranţi care doreau să ajungă în Europa s-au înecat după naufragiul unui vas în largul TunisieiCel puţin 43 de migranţi s-au înecat în naufragiul unui vas în largul Tunisiei, pe când încercau să traverseze Marea Mediterană, dinspre Libia către Italia, iar 84 au fost salvaţi. „Marina a salvat 84 de migranţi, iar 43 s-au înecat în naufragiul unui vas care pornise din Zuwara, în Libia, cu destinaţia Europa”, a declarat Mongi Slim, un oficial al Semilunii Roşii, potrivit Agerpres. Sâmbătă dimineaţa, centrul regional operaţional de supraveghere şi salvare (CROSS) Gris-Nez a fost contactat de migranţi aflaţi în dificultate, în largul Sangatte, în apropiere de Calais. Ulterior, o altă ambarcaţiune a anunţat că are o avarie la motor şi cei 22 de pasageri au fost salvaţi şi debarcaţi în portul Dunkerque. CROSS Gris-Nez a fost contactat de o a treia ambarcaţiune cu migranţi aflaţi în dificultate, care au anunţat că au o avarie la motor.

Persons: migranţi, Marina, Digi24, Sâmbătă, Gris, Nez, CROSS Gris Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Europa, Tunisiei, Libia, Italia, Libiei, Egipt, Sudan, Eritreea, Bangladesh, Zuwara, Pas - de - Calais, Mânecii, Calais, Boulogne - sur - Mer, Canalul Mânecii, Dunkerque

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