BREAKING: Rescue mission in English Channel as boat carrying 40 migrants begins to sink
A migrant has been airlifted to hospital after a boat carrying around 40 people began to sink in the English Channel.The rescue operation, involving French and Belgian air and sea units, is ongoing, authorities in France say.
Searches started at around 10am after a cargo ship reported that a boat carrying around 40 people was in difficulty off the coast of Dunkirk, with some people already overboard. An unconscious person taken aboard the cargo ship’s lifeboat and transferred onto a French Navy vessel was later airlifted to hospital in Calais.
He is believed to have suffered cardio-respiratory arrest and was evacuated aboard a Belgian Air Force helicopter. Several others were also hoisted aboard the aircraft as the migrant boat was sinking while more were rescued by nearby fishing vessels.
Belgique Dernières Nouvelles, Belgique Actualités
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