A migration drama was narrowly avoided overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Channel.

Around 5:30 am Wednesday, the Corsen Regional Operational Surveillance and Rescue Center (Cross) was contacted by migrants reporting that they were in difficulty following a fuel starvation about thirty kilometers off Saint-Malo.

Twenty-seven people, including ten children, were on board the adrift boat, said the Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic in a press release.

Brought ashore by a customs patrol boat

As soon as the alert was given, the Cross de Corsen asked a fishing vessel present in the area to ensure the safety of people.

At the same time, two ships of the French Navy as well as a customs patroller on a stopover in the privateer city were dispatched to the site.

All the people were recovered safe and sound and brought back to the port of Saint-Malo in the morning.

They were taken care of by the Samu teams and the border police.

The makeshift boat was also towed to Saint-Malo.

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