Two women die trying to cross Channel from France | France
French officials said that two women died while trying to cross the channel to England.
The incident occurred in the south of Neufchâtel-Hardelot beaches, which approximately 100 people were trying to go to England on a temporary boat.
Isabelle Fradin-Thirde, an official in the nearby Montreuil-Cur-Mer, said that about 60 people have been settled at the moment.
French officials, women entered the heart stop, he said. Rescue services tried to revive them, but failed.
Two women died in a boat released on the Neufchâtel-Hardelot coast at 3.15. The boat returned to the beach at 4.15 after dragging the engine without starting the engine.
Firefighters were called to Dinghy after the report of a child suffering from hypothermia and found two women in the arrest of cardiopulmonary.
A doctor pronounced them dead at 5 am. Both parents who suffered from hypothermia were taken to the Boulogne Hospital for treatment.
In order to determine the conditions of the tragedy, an investigation continues under the authority of the Boulogne-Sur-Mer public prosecutor.
Pas de Calais’s spokesman for Préfet said: “Today we are still displaced by this fact: ignoring for greed and human life, smuggling networks, people, adults and children at risk, passing through a dangerous sea on the ships that are not completely suitable.
“In the face of this criminal cynicism, it shows the power of the state commitment: every day, life is rescued by the determined action of police officers and gendarmes fighting against these separations and rescue operations carried out at sea or by firefighters.”
According to a statement from Pas de Calais Préfet, he was busy on Friday night transitions. After a period of 20 to 25 September, there was no passage due to bad weather, a change in more favorable conditions meant that smugglers continued to drive people to extreme crowded boots. Authorities said that several transition attempts were seized by police and gendarmes.
According to an Agency France taxi based on official data, the event brings the number of channel transition deaths to at least 25 this year.
The spokesperson of the United Kingdom Government said: Iz We can confirm that it is a tragic event that includes a small boat trying to cross the channel, which leads to the loss of two lives.
“This latest tragedy underlines the terrible dangers of small boat transitions and continue to do everything we can to prevent vulnerable people from exploiting people. Our thoughts are affected.”
Since January, 31,000 people came to England to pass the channel on small boats.
Within the scope of a recent French-British plan, if they are not appropriate for asylum, including those who pass from a “safe country için to reach the British coast, they may return them after arrival. On the other hand, London will accept an equal number of people who are likely to accept asylum claims from France.
Agences France-Presse contributed to this report
