English Channel: Girl, 7, dies after boat capsizes near Dunkirk in France - BBC News

A boat carrying 16 migrants capsized in French waters a few kilometres from the coast, local officials say.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsEurope migrant crisisImage source, PA MediaImage caption, File photo of a French Police officer looking out over a beach in FranceBy Thomas MackintoshBBC NewsA seven-year-old girl has died after a small boat attempting to reach the English Channel capsized in northern France.

Officials said the boat was carrying 16 migrants when it sank a few kilometres from the coast of Dunkirk.

The boat "was not appropriately sized to carry so many people," the local authority said in a statement.

It added the girl's parents, who were travelling with three more children, were taken to a hospital in Dunkirk.

Local authority Préfet du Nord said police and firefighters were alerted to the capsized boat by a walker.

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