A migrant He lost his life and others were injured on Sunday night in the early morning today in their attempt to smuggle the English ChannelThe port authorities of northern France announced today.

The shipwreck was caused by Ardello, near Boulon-Syr-Mer, in northern France, according to the Port Authorities of the Channel and the Northern Sea (PREMAR).

Sixty -six people were rescued, including “some suffered from burns and hypothermia,” Premar said in a statement to AFP, stating that everyone was landed on land and were under the care of the competent services.

The authorities of Pa-de-Kalai counted six injured.

Two ships, a patrol boat and a trailer of the French Navy, as well as a helicopter, were developed for this rescue operation.

With the man who lost his life today, at least 11 immigrants have lost their lives since the beginning of 2025 trying to reach Britain with “small boats”, illegally unsafe who are often overloaded.

“The corpse of immigrant was taken to Portel tonight with (the rescue) Abeille Normandie after an accident off our coast,” Portel mayor Olivier Barbaren said in Facebook.

In 2024, according to the counting of the Bureau of Migrant Trafficking (OLTIM), 78 immigrants died in these dangerous maritime travel. This is a record number since early 2018. From January to December 2024, more than 36,800 people arrived in Britain with improvised floats, ie 25% more than 2023.