French and British Vessels Rescue 157 Migrants After Boat Catches Fire in Channel
One of the largest rescue operations reported since records began in 2018 after occupants were forced to jump overboard.
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French and British vessels rescued 157 migrants after their small boat caught fire in the Channel on Tuesday, forcing occupants to jump overboard in one of the largest such rescue operations since 2018.
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Migrants frequently attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in small boats.
French and British vessels saved 157 migrants after their boat caught fire while trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday, authorities in both countries said.
It is one of the largest such rescue operations reported since records began in 2018.
“A small boat caught fire on the boundary between French and British waters, forcing its occupants to jump overboard” on Tuesday morning, the prefect’s office in France’s Pas-de-Calais region said, adding no casualties had been reported.
They had left the coastal village of Veules-les-Roses in Normandy on Monday, French maritime authorities said.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity said a “lifeboat launched at 6am today to an incident”.
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- What caused the fire on the boat?
