INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Six Afghans died and two others were missing at sea after small boats packed with UK-bound migrants, including children, sank in the English
Channel on Saturday, British media reported Sunday.French prosecutors opened a criminal enquiry on Saturday following the latest disasters
involving illegal voyages organized by people smugglers.Philippe Sabatier, the Boulogne prosecutor, said the latest two disasters happened
&in the early hours, in poor weather and worsening sea conditions.Six Afghan males died, and the vast majority of those involved were also
They included minors,& he said.A flimsy craft with around 66 people on board was spotted struggling ‘at around 2am&, just off Sangatte,
the Calais beach.An emergency was declared after a flimsy vessel with around 66 people on board was spotted off Calais.Five Afghan men in
their 20s and 30s were declared dead at the scene, while a sixth was airlifted to hospital but later died.Another small migrant boat sank in
Twenty two people were saved but one was in a critical condition, Sabatier said.No identities of any victims are yet known, as many were
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