A group of more than 40 migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, near Wimereux, France, on November 24. Photo: Reuters
A group of more than 40 migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, near Wimereux, France, on November 24. Photo: Reuters
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France getting help from EU after Channel migrant deaths

  • Surveillance plane to be deployed over Channel to monitor migrants
  • Comes after 27 people died when inflatable boat sank en route to Britain

Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 11:59am, 29 Nov, 2021

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A group of more than 40 migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, near Wimereux, France, on November 24. Photo: Reuters
A group of more than 40 migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, near Wimereux, France, on November 24. Photo: Reuters
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