Migrant dies attempting to cross Channel to UK: French authorities

LILLE: A migrant died Sunday in an attempt to cross the Channel to Britain, a death that comes on top of two deadly boat sinkings in the past 10 days, French officials said.
The man, an Indian citizen, had taken off from the beach of Tardinghen in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
“The vessel, which was in very poor condition, deflated immediately after leaving the beach,” the local prefecture said in a statement. “A man of Indian nationality, around 40 years old, was in cardio-respiratory arrest” and could not be revived by emergency services, it explained.