New tragedy in the English Channel: at least four migrants, including a 2-year-old child, died

French authorities raised Four dead in the English ChannelWhere? At least two boats with immigrants They tried to move towards the United Kingdom between Friday and Saturday. A two-year-old child is also included among the dead.,

With this new balance, including the second crash, 51 migrants have already died in La Mancha during 2024, Deaths will quadruple in the entire year 2023,

In an appearance before the press, the prefect of the Pas-de-Calais department, Jacques Billant

explained that the first signs indicate that little boy crushed to death by boatAnd did not sink, as initially reported.

With the first accident already reported by authorities – and in which a 17-year-old teenager was injured -, Second accident occurred with another boat which caused Three other people diedWhose origin and age were not disclosed.

,Many people have died trying to cross the ChannelA child has died after being crushed by a boat. A terrible drama that makes us aware of the tragedy that is at stake. The hands of (people) smugglers are stained with blood,” the interior minister announced on the network. bruno retaileu,

These two events occur three weeks apart The tragic shipwreck that occurred between the night of 14 and 15 September And? took the lives of eight people,

Despite announcements by the French and British governments to tackle human trafficking networks and strengthen the security of the English Channel, which separates the two countries by a distance of 35 kilometres. The year 2024, with 51 deaths, has been four times more deadly than 2023, when 12 deaths were recorded.

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British officials have calculated that during 2024 At least 22,000 migrants and asylum seekers have reached Britain’s shores from northern FranceBoarding usually takes place from areas near the cities of Calais and Dunkirk.

These are the closest areas to British soil and have historically been one of the most sensitive migration points into Europe.

In the last decade, immigrant camps calais (2015–2016), where approximately 10,000 people of various nationalities fled war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Syria and Sudan.

The United Kingdom is attractive to many immigrants because it is an English-speaking country where they already have family and friends and it is possible to regularize visiting secretly if you have a job.

Much slower and more complicated process in France.

Trucks traveling from Calais to the United Kingdom, in which migrants were hidden, have been replaced in recent years precarious boatsWho set out to sea with dozens of immigrants to make the approximately 35 kilometer journey to the English coast.

Since 2018, when London began recording migrant arrivals by sea, around 136,000 people have managed to cross the English Channel.

(with information from EFE)