A child was among 'several' migrants who died while attempting to cross the English Channel, according to a French minister. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the child was 'trampled to death' on a boat.
A child is among 'several' migrants who have died while attempting to cross the English Channel , according to a French minister. The country's interior minister Bruno Retailleau said the child was 'trampled to death' on a boat. 'Several people died trying to cross the Channel. A child was trampled to death in a boat,' he said in a post on the X social media platform. 'A terrible tragedy that must make us all aware of the tragedy that is unfolding.
'The people smugglers have the blood of these people on their hands and our government will intensify the fight against these mafias who are getting rich by organising these crossings of death.' A total of 395 migrants arrived in the UK on seven boats having crossed the English Channel on Friday, according to UK authorities. Some of those arriving were pictured wearing life jackets as they were brought to shore at Dover on a Border Force vessel.
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