Two migrants die as 100 attempt to cross Channel on makeshift boat | World | News

After the French officials tried to cross the channel, two female immigrants died tragically. Tragedy, Saturday morning in Calais Neufcchatel-Hardelot near the beach.

Approximately 100 people stuck on a temporary boat to make a dangerous passage at 3.15 local time, but soon faced difficulties. The engine of the boat failed and dragged for a while before returning to the beach at 4.15. Firefighters were called after a report of a child suffering from hypothermia, and two women who were believed to be from Somalia in Cardiopulmonary arrest were found.

It was announced by a doctor that he died at 5.00 in the morning. The child and his family were taken to Boulogne Hospital for treatment.

The death of two women was officially accepted by Calais’s local mayor.

Paulette Juilien-Peuvion said: “Two women died and about sixty more rescued. What might have been.

Police said the remains of the boat would be taken for the exam and they are still trying to define two victims.

“Many people went into the sea, but others were crushed before falling.”

Boulogne prosecutors said they had opened an investigation into the incident to determine the causes of the tragedy.

Pas-de-Calais Préfet’s spokesman said: “Today we are still destroying this fact. By ignoring greed and human life, smuggling networks are increasingly risking people, adults and children, passing through a dangerous sea on ships that are not completely suitable.

“In the face of this criminal cynicism, it shows the power of the state commitment.

He continued every day with the determined action of the police officers and gendarmes who fight against these separations and the rescue operations carried out on the land in the sea or by firefighters. “

He added that there was an intense night for an illegal attempt to illegally to England on Friday.

The deaths of two women bring the total number of deaths to 25 from the channel transitions this year to 25.