### [2024-01-14](/feed/2024/01/14/index.md)

##### English Channel migrant crossings
# Five migrants die after their small boat overturns while attempting to cross the English Channel. Dozens more are rescued, according to the French Maritime Prefecture. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67973718)

### Changes:

1. Five migrants die while attempting to cross the English Channel after their small boat overturned. Dozens more are rescued, according to the French Maritime Prefecture.  _2024-01-15 21:10:30 (First version)_
1. Five migrants die after their small boat overturns while attempting to cross the English Channel. Dozens more are rescued, according to the French Maritime Prefecture.  _(Current version)_

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