2 dead and 16 injured in attempted channel crossing from France to UK
Published on: May 3, 2026, 5:25 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
PARIS, May 3: A small boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel ran aground on a beach in northern France, leaving two dead and 16 people injured, including three with serious burns, authorities said Sunday. The vessel, carrying 82 people, set out overnight from Hardelot beach, a few kilometres (miles) south of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, but the engine failed and it began to drift, Christophe Marx, secretary-general of the Pas-de-Calais prefecture, told reporters. A French maritime gendarmerie […]
