As many as 500 lives are at risk in English Channel after urgent distress calls were sent by ’10 overloaded dinghies’.
French migrant support organisation Utopia56 has claimed that at least 10 overloaded boats have been in the Channel for several hours. A post by the group on X (formerly Twitter) said their Calais-based team had received 10 distress calls at sea in the early hours of Wednesday. It read: “At least ten overloaded boats are currently in danger in the English Channel. Since 2am, the Calais team has received ten distress calls at sea, involving over 500 people. Our thanks go to the volunteers and emergency services on site, who are doing their utmost.”
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