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French Navy ship ensures migrants cross the Channel safely to the UK / 33989QA
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Fifteen months after 27 migrants drowned in the English Channel, the BSAM Rhône, a French navy ship, is patrolling waters to prevent another tragedy. The 70-metre-long warship is one of two additional boats ordered by the French government to help with surveillance and rescue operations in the Pas-de-Calais strait where migrants "will do anything to reach England". In 2022, 52,000 migrants attempted to cross the Channel from the French coast. Since the beginning of 2023, there have already been 2,000 migrants and 400 have had to be rescued, according to the maritime prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES