At least 31 migrants died after a boat capsized in the English Channel, off the coast of Calais, northern France, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said.
Speaking outside a hospital in Calais, Darmanin said five women and a little girl were among the dead. Two people were saved and one person is still missing, he said. French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson both expressed horror at the tragedy, and sent their condolences to the families of the victims.Macron said his country would not let the English Channel become a graveyard and urged his European counterparts to increase efforts to avoid future tragedies.
Dangerous crossingUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was"shocked and appalled, and deeply saddened by the loss of life at sea." "My thoughts and sympathies are, first of all with the victims and their families, and it's an appalling thing that they have suffered," Johnson told reporters."But I also want to say that this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the Channel in this way.
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