Migrant dies and several are rushed to hospital after Channel boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes- sparking late night rescue mission
One person has died and about 50 people have been rescued following an incident involving a small boat in the Channel on Saturday morning, French authorities have said.
Two British ships and several French vessels have been involved in a search and rescue operation, a statement from France’s Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea said.
The statement from France’s Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea added that six people were recovered in a serious condition with one, who was evacuated by helicopter to hospital in Calais, later pronounced dead.
Five people remain in a serious condition in hospital.
The RNLI said a lifeboat crew was launched just before 4am.
Two British ships and several French vessels have been involved in a search and rescue operation (stock image)
Four French vessels were involved in the rescue, named Pluvier, Notre dame du Risban, Abeille Normandie and Cormoran.
A French helicopter was also deployed to the scene, as well as a ship from the RNLI and another British private vessel.
Many of those rescued were returned to Calais aboard a French boat called Cormoran, MailOnline understands.
It comes as the government was yesterday forced to take all migrants off the Bibby Stockholm barge after just four days following detection of Legionnaires bacteria in the water supply.
This is a breaking news story and is being updated.
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