Twelve die after migrant boat sinks in Channel

A pregnant woman was also killed in the disaster and two people are reported missing.

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In total, 10 of the dead were female and two were male, according to the local prosecutor's office.

More than 50 people were rescued off Cape Gris-Nez, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, the French coast guard reports. Two are said to be in critical condition.

Officials say the boat was overloaded and that its bottom "ripped open", while fewer than eight people on board were wearing life jackets.

The disaster is the deadliest loss of life in the Channel this year.

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