One person dies as migrants aim to cross English Channel


PARIS (Reuters) -One person has died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer got into difficulties, said the French local authority responsible for the region.

The French authority said 62 people had been rescued.

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