Over 150 rescued after boat catches fire crossing Channel

French coastguards have rescued 157 people from a boat carrying migrants that caught fire in the English Channel near the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the local administration said in a statement.

The government says all of the migrants, who were attempting to cross to the UK, will be returned to France.

More than 150 migrants were rescued after their boat caught fire and capsized while crossing the English Channel from France on Tuesday.

No deaths or injuries were reported. Many migrants try to reach Britain in small, often unseaworthy vessels.

More than 150 migrants have been rescued after the boat they were using to cross the Channel caught fire on Tuesday morning, French authorities have said.

Services including the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and British and French coastguards were deployed after fire erupted on board a migrant boat in the English Channel this morning

Rescue boats from both France and the UK took part in the operation to evacuate passengers from the stricken vessel.

French authorities said it is one of the largest such rescue operations reported since records began in 2018.

French authorities said it is one of the largest such rescue operations reported since records began in 2018.

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Search teams were deployed at about 6am on Tuesday after the boat’s engine burst into flames off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer

At least 157 people have been rescued after migrants had attempted to cross the English Channel

Britain and France signed a new three-year deal in April to stop irregular migrants making the risky Channel journeys, with London paying Paris up to €766 million in return for boosted law enforcement of the issue.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to be "relentless" in tackling small boat crossings during a visit to Dover

The new Prime Minister visited Dover, Kent, on Sunday, August 2

Andy Burnham’s first fortnight as PM plagued by 2,000 Channel migrant crossings despite crackdown  GB News