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A child has died off France while attempting to cross the Channel in a small boat. The death of the youngster, who was believed to be a teenager, comes a day after two women died attempting to cross to the UK in a separate incident off the northern coast of France.

According to the Nord Littoral website, an investigation had been launched into the latest death which happened at about 6.30am on Sunday at Ecault beach, in Saint-Etienne-au-Mont. It also said 48 migrants were cared for by emergency services but the boat carried on across the Channel.

Cecile Gressier, the prosecutor in Boulogne-sur-mer, told the local media website: “An investigation has been opened to determine the conditions of death. The age and natio

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