French authorities have said one person was found unresponsive on a boat carrying 86 people, with five of them falling in the water. A patrol boat was monitoring the vessel when it got into difficulty.
One person has died after a boat carrying migrants crossed into 'difficulty' overnight in the English Channel. French authorities said 86 people were on board and 'refused to be helped' when patrol boat PSP Cormoran spotted the vessel before disaster struck. At about 12.58am this morning, people began to fall from the boat - described as 'very loaded' by the maritime prefecture - and the rescue teams approached.
Second death in three days The incident came after one person died when a boat carrying 72 migrants deflated in the Channel on Wednesday afternoon. The maritime prefecture said 59 people were brought on board the PSP Cormoran, including an unconscious person who could not be resuscitated by the medical team. A British vessel, the Border Force Ranger, also saved 13 people from the water, and both ships took the group of people to Calais.
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