More migrants made an attempt at crossing the English Channel a day after a fatal boating incident killed several people.
Despite recent deaths after a boat that was carrying migrants who were attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France to Britain capsized on Tuesday, dozens of migrants on Wednesday made another attempt at crossing the channel.On Tuesday, a boat carrying migrants capsized as the boat encountered difficulties off Gris-Nez point, located between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais. The incident killed 12 people as dozens more people were plunged into dangerous waters, officials reported.
The risk of loss of human life being too high for an intervention under duress, the choice is made to prioritize the protection of the people on board and by simply monitoring from a distance the navigation capabilities of these boats,' the French maritime agency said in a statement to the AP.The growing number of people attempting the crossing has put pressure on both the French and U.K. governments.
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