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Added on the 04/08/2022 08:00:56 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Paris (France), Jan 26 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Yoan Valat).- The NGO SeaCleaners presented on Tuesday in Paris its new model of a boat, the Manta, designed to clean the oceans. The event was attended by Swiss sailor and environmentalist Yvan Bourgnon and SeaCleaners technical director Frederic Silvert. FOOTAGE OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE MANTA IN PARIS.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne boards a boat to visit a river checkpoint and the remote village of Opoya-Taluen in French Guiana, as part of a New Year visit to highlight the French authorities' fight against illegal mining in this overseas territory. IMAGES
France's President Emmanuel Macron was offered Bangladeshi sweets and braved the rain to take a boat trip in Dhaka as he wraps up his two-day visit in Bangladesh. IMAGES
Migrants attempting the treacherous Channel crossing arrive at the southeastern English coast in a small boat, before being taken into the custody of the British border force in Dover. More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats from France to southeast England since Britain began publicly recording the arrivals in 2018, official figures revealed on August 11. IMAGES
Images of the Port of Dover in southeast England after six Afghan men died on Saturday 12 August when a boat carrying around sixty migrants sank in an attempt to reach the UK, according to French officials. Three French ships, a helicopter and a plane were mobilised to search the area off Sangatte in northern France for survivors, along with two British ships. IMAGES
Rescue services and mortuary vans enter and leave Calais port area after a migrant boat captsized. Six people were killed when a boat carrying migrants heading to Britain sank in the Channel. IMAGES