LONDON (Reuters) – Four people have died following an incident involving a small migrant boat in the English Channel between Britain and France, the British government said in a statement.
“At 0305 (GMT) today, authorities were alerted to an incident in the Channel concerning a migrant small boat in distress,” a government spokesperson said in a statement.
“After a coordinated search and rescue operation led by HM Coastguard, it is with regret that there have been four confirmed deaths as a result of this incident, investigations are ongoing and we will provide further information in due course.”
(Reporting by William James; Editing by Alex Richardson)
