51 migrants rescued off the coast of Pas-de-Calais

Two sea rescue ships and the French state respectively provided assistance on Sunday to 26 and 25 people who were trying to reach England.

A new weekend full of dangers off the coast of Pas-de-Calais. Rescuers rescued 51 migrants who were trying to reach the United Kingdom on Sunday, November 10, during two assistance operations reported by the Channel and North Sea maritime prefecture on Monday. The authorities reported “numerous departures of migrant boats” during the day.

In the early morning, 26 people were located by Calais sea rescuers, called to “assess the situation of a migrant boat whose distress was uncertain”. The occupants have “requested assistance” to the crew of Our Lady of Risban and took care of and “disembarked at the quay in Calais”.

Later in the day, a ship chartered by the State was hired to monitor a boat launched in an attempt to cross the Channel. Among the passengers, 25 migrants “requested assistance” to the rescue building Minckwho launched a semi-rigid to welcome them on board and take them to Calais. “The other people still on board refused the assistance offered by French means” and were able “continue their journey” to England, without intervention by law enforcement “taking into account the risks of falling overboard or of injury incurred”.

Since the start of the year, at least 60 candidates for exile have died trying to cross the Channel, making 2024 the costliest year in human lives since the phenomenon appeared in 2018. Mayors of municipalities located on the coast of the Channel demanded, Friday, to meet the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, who has not yet gone to the beaches, while around fifteen migrants have died since he took office. function.