Child and 2 women ‘crushed to death’ during France to UK sea crossing
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Asylum seekers pay smugglers thousands of dollars to board unstable and overcrowded dinghies to journey to Britain from France
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Associated Press Published: 9:48pm, 28 Sep 2026
A 10-year-old child and two women died on Monday on the treacherous and illegal migration route across the English Channel from France, apparently trampled to death on a packed boat, French authorities said.
The dinghy left the area of Sangatte in northern France at around 5.15am carrying 105 people, local prefect François Xavier Lauch said.
The boat ran into difficulty with its passengers asking for help, authorities said.
They called rescue services at around 8am when they were some six kilometres (nearly four miles) off the coast, Lauch added.
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