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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
Emergency services vehicles and personnel can be seen at the Port of Dover, following the deaths of three migrants who were attempting to cross the Channel and the rescue of 43 others. Lifeboats were launched from the Channel port of Dover shortly after 0300 GMT on 14 December 2022, followed by vessels from Ramsgate and Hastings along the coast. IMAGES
In Calais, several dozen people participate in a "circle of silence" in tribute to the 27 migrants who drowned in the English Channel, an unprecedented tragedy which has shocked the inhabitants of the northern French city. IMAGES
Images of the port of Calais in northern France the day after at least 27 migrants trying to reach England drowned off the coast when their boat sank, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings. IMAGES
On a trip to Calais, French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin calls for a "very tough, coordinated, international response" after the death of at least 31 migrants in the Channel and called on other European countries concerned to fight against smugglers "like we fight against terrorists". SOUNDBITE
Images from a beach in Sangatte (Pas-de-Calais), where the body of a teenager was found Wednesday morning after another young Sudanese migrant was rescued from an inflatable boat and declared his travelling companion missing. IMAGES
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