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A child has died off the French coast during an attempt to cross the Channel in a small boat, local media reports. It comes only a day after two women died attempting to cross to the UK in a separate incident off the northern coast of France.

An investigation into the death of the youngster, who is believed to be a teenager, has been launched, according to the Nord Littoral website. The latest death happened at about 6.30am on Sunday at Ecault beach, in Saint-Etienne-au-Mont.

The website 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 nationality of the vic

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