A body was discovered this Saturday, November 2 in the morning on a beach in Sangatte, near Calais (Pas-de-Calais), where around twenty police officers and firefighters were present, noted an Agence France Presse correspondent.
This discovery comes three days after that, on Wednesday, of three bodies on the beach of Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, and the death of a migrant in an attempted crossing.
At least 60 dead since the start of the year
During the night from Thursday to Friday, then during the day on Friday, 160 migrants who were trying to cross the Channel on small boats were rescued, the maritime prefecture said in a press release.
On October 23, three migrants died in a shipwreck, recalls AFP. The Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor's office reported at the start of the week a « interrogation » persistent on this shipwreck, due to a discrepancy between the number of people rescued and certain testimonies on the number of passengers.
At least 60 people have died in migrants' attempted sea crossings to England since the start of the year, making 2024 the costliest year in human lives since the phenomenon first appeared in 2018. .
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