Channel crossing: One dead and another in critical condition

One person died and another is very sick after a boat with migrants had trouble in the Channel.

The French coastguard says that a boat with 66 people on it got into trouble about 8km (5 miles) from the French coast.

The people who survived were brought to Calais. The person who got hurt is in the hospital getting help.

The coastguard is still looking for the missing people using airplanes and boats.

French authorities said they arrived at the boat at 1:00 in the morning and found that one of the boat’s tubes was flat and people were in the water.

One person who was not awake was taken to Calais Hospital by helicopter, while the others were brought to land by a few rescue boats.

The rescue happened a couple of miles away from the French coast near Grand-Fort Philippe, which is 20km east of Calais.

For 11 days, the windy weather in the Channel made it hard for anyone to try crossing. But finally, someone tried to cross it today.

730 people traveled in the first three days of December when the sea was smooth.

This year, over 29,000 people came to the UK in small boats. This is a decrease of about one third compared to last year.

The UK government wants to make sure that boats don’t come into the English Channel.

It is moving forward with a plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, even though the Supreme Court said the plan is not allowed by law.

The English Channel is a very busy and dangerous place for ships. About 600 tankers and 200 ferries travel through it every day.

In August, at least six people died when a boat carrying migrants sank in the Channel near the French coast.

In November 2021, more than 27 people died when their small boat sank while trying to go from France to the UK. This is the most deaths in one event ever recorded.