The U.K. and French governments signed last month a new multimillion-euro deal aimed at reducing the number of migrants crossing the English Channel, with increased police patrols and enhanced surveillance in northern France. File picture
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A small boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel ran aground on a beach in northern France, leaving two dead and 16 people injured, including three with serious burns, authorities said on Sunday (May 3, 2026).
The vessel, carrying 82 people, set out overnight from Hardelot beach, a few kilometres (miles) south of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, but the engine failed, and it began to drift, Christophe Marx, secretary-general of the Pas-de-Calais prefecture, told reporters.
Published – May 03, 2026 03:53 pm IST
