Three people have fallen from an overloaded boat en route to the UK, with one found to be hypothermic and taken to hospital.
A migrant rescue operation is currently underway off the coast of Berck-sur-Mer in Pas-de-Calais. Since 6am this Saturday 7 September morning, the National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM) has been actively searching for three men who fell into the water after boarding a boat overloaded with 70 to 80 migrants to try to reach the United Kingdom, from the central beach of Berck. One person was rescued in a state of hypothermia and transferred to the Rang-du-Fliers hospital. The other two are still being sought in the Channel.
The boat has not yet been arrested. “She is being followed by a team from the Cross (Regional Operational Centre for Surveillance and Rescue, Editor’s note). The SNSM is continuing the search to recover the migrants who have fallen into the water and is monitoring the possible departure of a second boat.”indicates to the Figaro Vincent Masselot, president of the SNSM. Indeed, a second boat also tried this Saturday morning to leave a beach north of Berck. Its departure was aborted due to the intervention of the police. A helicopter from the French Navy is participating in the search for migrants from the first boat.
This week was marked by the sinking of a boat off Cap Gris-Nez, 55 km from Berck, on Tuesday, September 3. Twelve migrants, including ten women and minors, were found dead.
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