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Two people have died attempting to cross the English Channel on Saturday morning, French officials have told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

The incident happened overnight off the coast of northern France, when about 100 people set off by makeshift boat to try to get to the UK, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Sixty people from the attempt were rescued and are “are currently being cared for by civil protection,” according to French official Isabelle Fradin-Thirode cited by the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

A couple and their child suffering from moderate hypothermia were rushed to a hospital in Boulogne, she added.<\/p>\n

The incident overnight happened south of the beaches of Neufch\u00e2tel-Hardelot in the Pas-de-Calais region.<\/p>\n

At least 25 people have died so far this year trying to make the dangerous crossing in small boats.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, three people died – likely in a crush on the bottom of a packed boat<\/a> – off the coast of Calais during another attempted crossing.<\/p>\n

Last year, 50 people died while trying to cross the Channel, according to incidents recorded by the French coastguard.<\/p>\n

More than 30,000 people have reached the UK in small boats so far in 2025 and more than 50,000 have crossed since Labour came into power in July 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The UK government has come under increased pressure over the number of small boats crossing into the UK and asylum seeker applications.<\/p>\n

Recently France and the UK agreed on a “one in, one out” returns deal, which was designed as a deterrent to stop boats from crossing the Channel. It proposes that for each migrant the UK returns to France, another migrant who had not attempted a Channel crossing but with a strong case for asylum in Britain will come the other way.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir Starmer has previously called the crossings “totally unacceptable” and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said the “vile” people-smugglers behind them are “wreaking havoc on our borders”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Two people have died attempting to cross the English Channel on Saturday morning, French officials have told AFP news agency. The incident