Calais, France, Sept 28, 2026 (AFP) - Boy among 3 dead in migrant Channel crossing accident: French authorities

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2026-09-28

Three undocumented migrants, including a 10-year-old boy, died on Monday off the French coast while trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said. France has long been a staging post for asylum seekers without visas hoping to cross the sea to Britain. They pay smugglers thousands of dollars to board unstable and often overcrowded rubber dinghies to make the hazardous illegal journey across one of the world's busiest shipping rou......

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