Two women die in attempted Channel crossing from France to UK
Key takeaways
- Women die after boat carrying 82 people has engine trouble and runs aground near Calais, French authorities say.
- The women, believed to be in their 20s, were on board a boat carrying 82 people, Christophe Marx, a regional government official, told reporters on Sunday.
- The boat set out to sea during the night from Saturday to Sunday but “the engine wouldn’t start” and the boat began to drift, Marx said.
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Women die after boat carrying 82 people has engine trouble and runs aground near Calais, French authorities say.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Migrants who say they are from Darfur, Sudan, cross the English Channel in an inflatable boat near Dover, England [File: Peter Nicholls/Reuters]By AFP and Reuters Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026Two women thought to be from Sudan have died while trying to cross from northern France to the United Kingdom in a small boat, French officials say.
The women, believed to be in their 20s, were on board a boat carrying 82 people, Christophe Marx, a regional government official, told reporters on Sunday.