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1 week agoMan arrested after four die trying to cross Channel in small boat
A 27-year-old Sudanese man was arrested after four people died during a dangerous boat crossing in the English Channel.
Two children are among three people who have died after an attempted small boat crossing in the English Channel, according to French media reports. Regional prosecutor Laurent Touvet announced at a news conference on Wednesday that the deadly incident had unfolded off the coast of Sangatte, in Pas-de-Calais, late on Tuesday night into the early hours of this morning. He said the three who died were likely crushed at the bottom of the boat that had been carrying 38 people across the English Channel.