Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
A small boat carrying migrants in the English Channel sank off the coast of France on Tuesday, leading to at least 12 deaths, mostly of women and girls. Ten of the dead were female, one of whom was pregnant, and six were minors; they were of 'primarily of Eritrea n origin,' a French prosecutor told reporters, according to The Guardian. The boat, which was about 23 feet long, was carrying roughly 70 passengers when the bottom collapsed.
' Roughly 20,000 people have come to England by crossing the channel on small boats this year, according to U.K. government data. More than a dozen have died while trying to cross, including nine since the start of July. The channel is a busy shipping zone with unpredictable weather, where small boat accidents are common.
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