French, UK vessels save 157 migrants from burning boat in Channel

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French and British vessels rescued 157 migrants from a burning boat attempting to cross the English Channel, marking one of the largest such operations since 2018. The incident occurred at the boundary of French and British waters with no reported casualties.

French and British vessels saved 157 migrants after their boat caught fire while trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday, authorities in both countries said. It is one of the largest such rescue operations reported since records began in 2018. “A small boat caught fire on the boundary between French and British waters, forcing its occupants to jump overboard” on Tuesday morning, the prefect’s office in France’s Pas-de-Calais region said, adding no casualties had been reported. They had left the...