2-year-old boy 'trampled to death' aboard migrant boat in English Channel

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old boy was "trampled to death" and three other migrants seeking to cross the English Channel from France to Britain also died aboard crowded small boats while at sea, French authorities said Saturday.

An unconscious child was found aboard one of the inflatable dinghies, from which 15 other migrants were rescued off the coast near Calais, according to the French Maritime Prefecture in La Manche, Normandy.

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