At least 5 people die trying to cross the Channel, including a little girl
At least five people, including a young girl, died at sea off the coast of northern France on Tuesday during an attempt to cross the Channel, French authorities said, as governments on both sides of the waterway struggle to dissuade the migrants from making the journey. dangerous trip to Great Britain.According to French authorities, the deceased were on board a heavily overloaded dinghy with more than 100 people. The boat was one of several vessels spotted by the French coast guard near the town of Wimereux on Tuesday morning.The deaths came just hours after Britain's Parliament passed highly controversial legislation to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, a measure that British authorities have presented as a way to dissuade people from attempting the dangerous Chann...