Number of migrants trying Channel crossing in boats explodes

PARIS (AP) — A count by French maritime authorities shows that the number of migrants who attempted to cross the English Channel in small boats exploded last year, when more than 2,700 people were rescued at sea or stopped while trying to reach Britain from France.

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