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Migrants have been pictured setting off from the French coast after a small boat collapsed off Dunkirk yesterday.

After two weeks of rough seas and no small boat crossings since October 22, the calmer weather has seen a renewed increase in incidents.

On Thursday, the French coastguard rescued 94 people who were thrown into the water when their small boat broke apart four nautical miles off the French coast.

Three of those rescued were suffering from hypothermia, according to the French maritime prefecture.

People thought to be migrants attempt to board a small boat in

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