4 migrants die attempting to cross English Channel on overloaded 'taxi boats'
- French officials said the vessel had been operating as a "taxi boat".
- Four migrants died in two separate attempts to cross the English Channel overnight, French authorities said, highlighting the dangers of increasingly common "taxi boats" used by smuggling networks to ferry people to the UK.
- The first incident occurred late Wednesday night near Hardelot, on France's northern coast, when a small "taxi boat" capsized while attempting to pick up migrants waiting in shallow waters, BBC reported.
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- French officials said the vessel had been operating as a "taxi boat".
- Four migrants died in two separate attempts to cross the English Channel overnight, French authorities said, highlighting the dangers of increasingly common "taxi boats" used by smuggling networks to ferry people to the UK.
- The first incident occurred late Wednesday night near Hardelot, on France's northern coast, when a small "taxi boat" capsized while attempting to pick up migrants waiting in shallow waters, BBC reported.
Sources: Times of India