2 women die attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the UK

PARIS AP Two women died Saturday morning while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U K on board a makeshift boat carrying other settlers French officials stated Rescuers identified the women in cardiac arrest but couldn t save them the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais region in northern France reported in a declaration A couple and their child with hypothermia were transported to a hospital in Boulogne it announced The case happened off the coast of the small town of Neufchatel-Hardelot Local media say over expatriates were rescued overnight The prefecture explained police prevented several attempts at traversing According to the prefecture expatriates have died since the beginning of the year while attempting to reach the U K on board small boats from the coast of the Pas-de-Calais region Earlier this week a family of three including a small child became the first people sent to the U K by France under an agreement in which Britain returns asylum seekers who enter the country without authorization and France sends vetted asylum-seekers The U K Home Office noted this week that the arrival of the family was part of critical first initiatives in the scheme dubbed one in one out Four people who arrived in Britain by boat from France were flown back to France in modern days as part of the arrangement Follow AP s global migration coverage at https apnews com hub migration Source