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Person dies trying to cross the Channel in small boat

RNLI confirms death following medical emergency 

Police officers and a police forensic tent outside the Lifeboats station in Dover, Kent, April 18, 2025

YET another migrant tragically died today after a medical emergency on a small boat in the English Channel.

The RNLI confirmed a group had been brought to Dover in a Border Force boat in the morning.

Kent Police said: “Kent Police were called at 8.26am on Friday after a Border Force patrol responded to a medical emergency on a small boat in the English Channel.

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