Nine Migrants Picked Up In A Boat Off British Coast

Faizan Hashmi Published November 14, 2018 | 08:42 PM

Ritish officials have picked up nine migrants who were trying to cross the English Channel aboard an inflatable boat, French authorities said Wednesday, a day after 17 others succeeded in reaching Britain in a stolen fishing boat.

Lille, France, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2018 ) :British officials have picked up nine migrants who were trying to cross the English Channel aboard an inflatable boat, French authorities said Wednesday, a day after 17 others succeeded in reaching Britain in a stolen fishing boat.

"Overnight towards 4.

00 am (0300 GMT), what appears to be an inflatable boat carrying nine people crossed over to England after apparently leaving from Calais" in northern France, maritime authorities said.

A French helicopter was dispatched but the vessel was finally intercepted near Dover byBritish authorities, they added.

The group included both adults and children, French officials said.