Six children and pregnant woman among 12 dead as boat sinks in English channel | BBC News

At least 12 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the French coast in the English Channel. A pregnant woman was among those who died. Six of those who lost their lives were children.

The French coast guard said more than 50 people were rescued off the Gris-Nez cape, near the town of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Two were said to be in critical condition. The migrants were reported to be from east Africa.

The French authorities said the boat was overloaded and only a handful of those on board had life jackets. The disaster is the deadliest loss of life in the Channel this year.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Andrew Harding.

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