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PARIS (AP) — One person died when a boat overloaded with
migrants broke up during an attempted overnight crossing of the
English Channel, the 12th migrant killed so far this year in the
treacherous waterway between France and Britain.
French and British rescue services together picked up 61 people
alive overnight Monday who were pitched into the sea off the Pas
de Calais coast in northern France, among them a woman and her
child who required hospital treatment for hypothermia in the
French port of Boulogne, French maritime authorities said in a
statement.
A French Navy helicopter also spotted a body in the water that
was picked up by a British lifeboat — the 12th person killed
while attempting the crossing this year, according to the French
maritime authorities' count.
French maritime authorities said they sent out an emergency
message for assistance when the boat sank, prompting British
boats and an aircraft to join the rescue operation with French
vessels and the French helicopter carrying a medical team.
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