French launch rescue operation as 140 migrants attempt Channel crossing to UK
- Around 140 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK were picked up by a French maritime rescue operation in the early hours of Saturday morning.
- The complex operation, which deployed a number of rescue boats, began on Friday morning when the monitoring station in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer spotted a migrant boat heading towards Dieppe, a fishing port on the Normandy coast.
- Two patrol boats were then used to track the vessel as it made its way up to the Pas de Calais, the French authorities said on Saturday.
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- Around 140 migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK were picked up by a French maritime rescue operation in the early hours of Saturday morning.
- The complex operation, which deployed a number of rescue boats, began on Friday morning when the monitoring station in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer spotted a migrant boat heading towards Dieppe, a fishing port on the Normandy coast.
- Two patrol boats were then used to track the vessel as it made its way up to the Pas de Calais, the French authorities said on Saturday.
Sources: The Independent