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At least 12 people have died while attempting to cross the Channel from France to England by boat on Tuesday, in the worst accident in months.
France’s caretaker interior minister Gérald Darmanin wrote on X there had been a “terrible shipwreck in the Pas-de-Calais”. He added two people are known to be missing in addition to the dozen who have died, while several have also been injured.
French emergency services said more than 50 people had been rescued in the incident, after a boat ran into trouble on Tuesday morning and rescuers sent out helicopters and fishing boats to help.
There have already been several deadly accidents this year of migrants seeking to cross the Channel on small boats.
More than 19,000 people have crossed from France in small boats so far this year according to UK Home Office data, slightly below last year’s figure, and lower…