Nearly 140 candidates for exile trying to reach the United Kingdom in two clandestine boats were rescued on Saturday off the French coast. 57 migrants who had taken to the sea off Gravelines late on Saturday night, after damage occurred on their boat.
Five people, including a four-month-old baby, were rescued after their boat capsized near Boulogne-sur-Mer (north) Some 36,000 migrants attempted to reach England in 2023 by illegally crossing the Channel from the France coast.