Girl, 7, among five dead on Channel migrant boat - BBC News

French authorities say the victims had boarded an overloaded boat which was attempting to reach the UK.

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The BBC's Andrew Harding witnesses people clambering aboard a small boat bound for the UK

Five people, including a seven-year-old girl, have died while trying to cross the English Channel in the early hours of Tuesday, French officials have said.

They said the victims were trying to get to the UK on an overloaded boat carrying 112 migrants.

Authorities said the boat ran aground on a sandbank after leaving Wimereux, near Boulogne, before continuing on.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68880671

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