The French coastguard said a person could not be resuscitated after patrols saw people in the water off the coast of Gravelines on Wednesday.
A migrant has died and 71 others were saved after a boat deflated in the English Channel. The French coastguard said patrols off the coast of Gravelines saw people in the water on Wednesday and launched a rescue operation. Politics latest: PM makes speech at UK summit on migration Helped by the UK's Border Force and RNLI, the coastguard said 59 migrants were brought on board the French ship PSP Cormoran from the deflated boat.
The Home Office said crossings continued on Thursday after no arrivals were recorded since Monday, when 427 people landed in seven boats. A provisional total of 14,759 migrants have arrived via the Channel so far this year. It comes as Sir Keir Starmer announced in a news conference £84m of new funding for African and Middle Eastern countries in an attempt to tackle the migration crisis 'at source'.
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