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Over 240 Migrants Rescued in Dover Strait Between France and UK, French Maritime Authority Says

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The distress alerts were received overnight Saturday and the rescue operation continued until evening.Earlier this week, the French maritime prefecture reported on 272 migrants who had been saved in the Strait of Dover.

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Over 240 Migrants Rescued in Dover Strait Between France and UK, French Maritime Authority Says

11:09 GMT 21.11.2021 (Updated: 16:59 GMT 22.07.2023)

© AFP 2023 / BEN STANSALLMigrants picked up at sea whilst Crossing the English Channel, but intercepted but intercepted bu UK Border Force officials, travel in a RIB with as they are brought into the Marina in Dover, southeast England on August 15, 2020. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Migrants picked up at sea whilst Crossing the English Channel, but intercepted but intercepted bu UK Border Force officials, travel in a RIB with as they are brought into the Marina in Dover, southeast England on August 15, 2020. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) - Sputnik International, 1920, 21.11.2021

PARIS (Sputnik) - French rescuers saved 243 migrants who got in trouble when crossing the Strait of Dover between France and the UK in boats, the French Maritime Prefecture of the English Channel and the North Sea said.

The distress alerts were received overnight Saturday and the rescue operation continued until evening.

"During these rescuing operations, 243 people in distress were saved and taken to the quay. They were handed over to border, fire and rescue services of departments in the ports of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dunkirk, and Calais," the prefecture said.

Earlier this week, the French maritime prefecture reported on 272 migrants who had been saved in the Strait of Dover.