At least 12 people have died and two others are in a critical condition after a boat carrying dozens of people seeking asylum in the UK was ‘ripped open’ in the Channel. The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said several people had been injured in the ‘terrible shipwreck’ off Cap Gris-Nez on Tuesday morning. The boat was carrying 65 people, the news channel BFMTV reported. The French coastguard said more than 50 people had been rescued about 28 miles (45km) south-west of Calais. Darmanin said French rescue services had been mobilised to look for missing people
At least 12 people dead and two missing, says French interior minister, after migrant boat capsizes in Channel – latest updates
At least 12 dead and 50 rescued in Channel as crowded boat ‘ripped open’
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