About 50 people were rescued by helicopter on Sunday morning, French authorities have said
Two people died attempting to cross the Channel in a dinghy on Sunday morning, according to the French authorities, bringing the death toll since mid-July to at least nine.
The maritime prefecture for the Channel in Calais issued a brief statement confirming the deaths and have said that Jacques Billant, the prefect of Pas-de-Calais, was going to the scene to supervise the rescue operations.
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