Two Men Killed in English Channel Crossing
AI illustrationTwo men were killed crossing the English Channel in a small boat off the northern French coast on October 5, UK and French media reported.
Not the first. On September 28, three migrants including a 10-year-old child died in a separate Channel crossing attempt. Earlier in the month, a French tug escorted a migrant dinghy across before RNLI lifeboats intervened in UK waters.
MarineRadar tracks it. The English Channel region is running at roughly 8× its recent baseline over the past 24 hours.
Two Men Killed in English Channel Crossing
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