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2 dead after boat runs aground in France in failed crossing to UK

South China Morning Post 03 May 2026 11h ago
2 dead after boat runs aground in France in failed crossing to UK
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A small boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel ran aground on a beach in northern France, leaving two dead and 16 people injured, including three with serious burns, authorities said on Sunday. The vessel, carrying 82 people, set out overnight from Hardelot beach, a few kilometres south of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, but the engine failed and it began to drift, Christophe Mar
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