Nearly 100 migrants rescued as over 600 cross Channel this year

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2025-01-16

London (PA Media/dpa) - Nearly 100 migrants were rescued in the English Channel as more than 600 people have arrived in the UK so far this year. The French coastguard was called to help 99 people overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday after reports of multiple migrant boats leaving off the coast of Pas-de-Calais. Some 58 people on board one boat first discovered in the area of La Huchette beach, between Gravelines and Calais, were taken back to Boul......

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