Following a fire on a boat carrying refugees attempting to cross the English Channel between France and Britain, 157 people who were stranded at sea were safely rescued by French and British rescue teams.
The boat, which had departed from France’s Normandy coast on Monday, was being continuously monitored by French rescue teams. At night, only five people who called for help were first rescued and brought ashore; the others refused assistance.
In this situation, on Tuesday morning in the coastal area of France bordering Britain, the boat’s motor caught fire and the boat began to sink. Following this, French and British forces jointly carried out intensive rescue operations.
At that time, 103 people on the French side and 54 people on the British side were rescued and brought to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France for medical examination and assistance.
