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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Four Migrants Die Attempting to Cross English Channel
Caption: Four Migrants Die Attempting to Cross English Channel. Four migrants have died after a boat capsized during an attempt to cross the English Channel, according to the French coastguard. Overnight, a navy patrol boat reported that migrants had fallen into the sea off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France. Four people found "unconscious" could not be saved, police added, while 63 were rescued. A helicopter and fishing vessel also helped in the rescue effort. UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described the incident as "truly awful”. The coastguard said several people fell into the sea after part of their boat “deflated”. 14 people were rescued by the fishing vessel and 49 others by the French navy ship, the coastguard said. Reacting to the deaths, the home secretary said: "Criminal gangs are making vast profit from putting lives at risk”. Earlier this week, the new Labour government set out plans to tackle the small boat crisis. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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