{"id":11166,"date":"2026-05-03T11:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/11166\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T11:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T11:24:24","slug":"two-women-die-on-migrant-boat-near-france-seeking-to-reach-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/11166\/","title":{"rendered":"Two women die on migrant boat near France seeking to reach UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two women, aged about 20, were aboard a small boat carrying 82 people, Christophe Marx, a <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pas-de-calais.gouv.fr\/Services-de-l-Etat\/Prefecture\/Les-sous-prefets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:regional government official;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">regional government official<\/a>, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The boat set out to sea during the night from Saturday to Sunday, but &#8220;the engine wouldn&#8217;t start&#8221; and the boat began to drift, Marx said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Seventeen people were rescued at sea and taken to the port of <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Boulogne-sur-Mer;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boulogne-sur-Mer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The boat with the remaining 65 people on board eventually ran aground on a beach near Neufchatel-Hardelot, about 12 kilometres south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, he said, adding that the victims had been found &#8220;dead inside the boat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thirteen people with moderate injuries and three others with serious wounds, including burn victims, were taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They were &#8220;being treated and will be interviewed by border police to determine who is responsible for this crossing&#8221;, Marx said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said an investigation would confirm the nationality of the victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/france-uk-agree-migrant-deal-064331992.html\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:France and UK agree to new migrant deal, with funding tied to results;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France and UK agree to new migrant deal, with funding tied to results<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is the third such tragedy in just over a month at the French-British border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On 1 April, two migrants died off the coast of Gravelines in northern France while attempting to reach the <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:United Kingdom;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On 9 April, two men and two women died, swept away by the currents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/four-migrants-die-off-french-120202679.html\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Four migrants die off French coast in failed Channel crossing attempt;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Four migrants die off French coast in failed Channel crossing attempt<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2025, at least 29 migrants died at sea in the region, according to an AFP tally based on official French and British sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Britain and <a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/en\/tag\/france\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:France;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">France<\/a> last month signed a new three-year deal on security operations to stop the crossings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">France will increase the number of police and gendarmes patrolling the coast while the British government will increase its contribution to the cost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to French officials, the number of arrivals in Britain so far this year has been drastically cut from 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a0(AFP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The two women, aged about 20, were aboard a small boat carrying 82 people, Christophe Marx, a 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