Overview

• Authorities say three people died in a boat off Sangatte, with early information indicating two were minors and the victims likely included two of Southeast Asian origin and one Egyptian.
• A separate incident near Neufchâtel-Hardelot left three people missing after a fisherman raised the alarm; gendarmes resuscitated one person found in the water.
• Prosecutors in Boulogne-sur-Mer have opened an inquiry assigned to the border police and maritime gendarmerie, who are interviewing survivors to trace smuggling networks.
• The prefect reported a large rescue operation that brought ashore 115 people from one vessel, described as a probable record for a clandestine boat in the area.
• Official tallies put at least 23 deaths in Channel attempts this year and more than 30,000 arrivals on England’s coast since January, with the UK government saying returns to France under a new bilateral accord will begin imminently.