Six people died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel, authorities say, Report informs via CNN.
French officials said the country’s navy rescued 42 people and are transporting them to Calais, including five of the people who lost their lives. British ships rescued around 13 people, who have been taken to Dover in the UK.
Local mayor Franck Dhersin tweeted an image of some of the migrants who had been rescued aboard a rescue boat covered with gold aluminum blankets.