Overview

• Authorities found a body Sunday on the beach at Saint-Étienne-au-Mont near Boulogne-sur-Mer, with prosecutors probing any link to an attempted departure earlier at Equihen-Plage.
• Roughly 50 people who failed to launch were rescued at Equihen-Plage early Sunday, and a 49-year-old woman in hypothermia was taken to hospital.
• Two adult Somali women died overnight Friday to Saturday after an overloaded boat left off Neufchâtel-Hardelot and drifted back; about 60 people were taken into care and a couple with a child were treated for mild hypothermia.
• Separately on Saturday, another body was recovered from a canal at Gravelines that leads to the sea, according to local authorities and AFP observations.
• AFP now counts at least 27 deaths linked to Channel attempts this year, with about 32,000 people reaching Britain by small boat as reporters note riskier offshore embarkations to evade intervention.