Five migrants including a child have died during an attempt to cross the English Channel in a small boat, reports Sky News.
A seven-year-old girl, a woman and three men died in the incident off the coast of Wimereux in northern France, local official Jacques Billant said.
The French coastguard said there was a failed attempt to cross the Channel and there were several "lifeless bodies".
The tragedy came just hours after the UK government's controversial Rwanda bill - intended to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats - was passed.
Some 112 people were on board the overcrowded boat, Mr Billant said.
A total of 47 people were rescued, with four taken to hospital, while more than 50 others chose to continue on their journey, the official added.