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157 migrants rescued after boat catches fire during Channel crossing

By FRANCE 24
04 Aug 2026
FILE - A boat carrying migrants is escorted by a vessel from the French Gendarmerie Nationale in the English Channel off Wimereux beach, France, on September 4, 2024. - © Nicolas Garriga, AP

French and British vessels saved 157 migrants after their boat caught fire while trying to cross the English Channel on Tuesday, French authorities said, in one of the largest rescue operations since 2018.

"A small boat caught fire on the boundary between French and British waters, forcing its occupants to jump overboard" on Tuesday morning, the prefect's office in the Pas-de-Calais region said, adding no casualties had been reported.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

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