More than 60 people were reported to be on the boat off the northern French coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Four people died after their boat capsized off the northern French coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer, where several people were reported as being in the water at around 4.30am on Friday morning.
Criminal gangs are making vast profit from putting lives at risk. We are accelerating action with international partners to pursue & bring down dangerous smuggler gangs.The surviving group of people were returned to Boulogne and attended to by emergency services. An HM Coastguard spokesman said assistance was offered to the French coastguard on Friday, adding: “An RNLI lifeboat from Dover and Border Force vessel were initially sent to provide support, but were not required to attend the scene.”
“As a country we must do everything in our power to stop the boats and put an end to this vile trade in human suffering.” Mr Solomon also urged for cooperation agreements to be put in place with European countries to provide safe passage from France and trial the use of refugee visas.
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