Event Brief
Three migrants die in Channel crossing near Calais
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM ET
Summary: Emergency crews gathered at the port of Calais after three migrants died while trying to cross the English Channel to Britain. Two women in their thirties and a 10-year-old boy, believed to be Eritrean, died in what appeared to be a crush aboard an overcrowded dinghy.
WHO: Emergency crews; three migrants (two women in their thirties and a 10-year-old boy, believed Eritrean)
WHAT: Three migrants died in a crush aboard an overcrowded dinghy during an English Channel crossing attempt to Britain.
WHEN: Sep 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: Calais (port), France
WHY: The dinghy was overcrowded, and the deaths appeared to have occurred in a crush.
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