FRENCH, UK VESSELS SAVE 157 MIGRANTS FROM BURNING BOAT IN CHANNEL

French and British vessels saved 157 migrants after their boat caught fire while trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday, authorities in both countries said. It is one of the largest such rescue operations reported since records began in 2018.

News - South China Morning Post reports that french and British vessels saved 157 migrants after their boat caught fire while trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday, authorities in both countries said.

The report adds: It is one of the largest such rescue operations reported since records began in 2018.

“A small boat caught fire on the boundary between French and British waters, forcing its occupants to jump overboard” on Tuesday morning, the prefect’s office in France’s Pas-de-Calais region said, adding no casualties…

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