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Three more dead in the English Channel
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel, October 18, 2024

MIGRANT deaths are “man-made” and those responsible “must be held to account,” campaigners said today as three more people died in the English Channel.

A rescue operation was launched off the coast of Calais after a life jacket was spotted in the sea.

Forty-eight people were recovered in the search, and first aid was given to two unconscious people.

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