CNN —Six people died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel, authorities say.
The English Channel is one of the world’s busiest waterways and crossing on small boats is extremely dangerous.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – whose governing Conservatives have been struggling in the polls – made stopping boats making the perilous crossing across the English Channel one of his top priorities.
Pascal Rossignol/ReutersBut 755 migrants were detected crossing the channel to the UK Thursday, government figures showed.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said in a tweet that her “thoughts are with the victims” of the migrant boat that capsized.
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