The tragedy occurred during the night from Monday to Tuesday, near Wimereux beach, in Pas-de-Calais.
At least five migrants, including a child, died during an attempt to cross the Channel during the night from Monday to Tuesday at Wimereux beach, in Pas-de-Calais, we learned from a police Source, confirming information from the voice of the North . The police Source had no information at this stage on the circumstances of the deaths.
The last tragedy dates back to March 3 with the death by drowning of a seven-year-old girl in the Aa canal in Watten (North), which flows into the North Sea, while she was on a small boat with 15 other migrants. At the end of February, a 22-year-old Turk died after falling from his boat off the coast of Calais and two other migrants went missing. An Eritrean was indicted and imprisoned on Saturday in this case. On the night of January 13 to 14, five migrants, including a 14-year-old Syrian teenager, died in Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais) while trying to reach a boat already at sea in water at 9 degrees.
The expulsion bill to Rwanda adopted
Twelve migrants lost their lives in 2023 while trying to cross the Channel, according to the Channel and North Sea Maritime Prefecture. That same year, 29,437 migrants reached the English coast illegally, compared to 45,774 in 2022, a record year, according to figures from the British Interior Ministry.
The British Parliament approved on the night of Monday to Tuesday the bill allowing the expulsion to Rwanda of asylum seekers who entered the United Kingdom illegally. Announced two years ago by the conservative government of Rishi Sunak and presented as a flagship measure of its policy to combat illegal immigration, this project aims to send asylum seekers to Rwanda – wherever they come from. come – entered the UK illegally, including by crossing the English Channel on dinghies.
