One person dead and 72 rescued from small boat trying to reach UK

One person has died and 72 more were rescued from a boat carrying more than 110 people which was trying to reach the UK.The French coastguard said a rescue vessel was monitoring a boat in the Gravelines area overnight from Thursday to Friday, and it picked up 72 migrants who were requesting assistance.The crew found one person on the boat who needed CPR and a rescue helicopter was dispatched, but they were pronounced dead.Three other people were found injured, including one who required urgent medical care, according to a translation of a statement from the Prefecture maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord.It came after 494 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday, the first to successfully cross the Channel in 10 days.The seven boats that made the crossing were the first since August 17