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Baby dies after migrant boat gets into difficulties in Channel

The boat was found to be heavily loaded with migrants and some were in the water when the rescue team arrived on Thursday evening.

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A baby has died after a boat carrying migrants ran into difficulties in the Channel, French authorities have said, reports Sky News.

A total of 65 people were rescued following the incident off the coast of Wissant in northern France on Thursday evening.

The boat was found to be heavily loaded with people and some were in the water when the rescue team arrived, the French maritime team for the Channel and the North Sea said.

A French Navy patrol boat and a helicopter were used in the recovery operation.

Read more of this report from Sky News.