The CROSS Gris-Nez was informed on Monday morning that several migrant boats were in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais.
Sixteen migrants off Dunkirk
A zodiac-type boat was in difficulty off Dunkirk with 16 people on board, including 5 women and 4 children. The coast guard patroller Jacques Oudart Fourmentin of the French customs was immediately hired to help the boat with engine failure. The castaways were taken on board to be disembarked at Dunkirk, where they were taken in by the border police.
Fifteen migrants off Calais
At 6:07 am, the operations and intelligence center of the Pas-de-Calais gendarmerie informed the CROSS of the presence of a zodiac-type boat taking water off Calais with 15 people on board. The coastal maritime surveillance cruiser Escaut of the maritime gendarmerie is then immediately engaged. The Scheldt assists the castaways before dropping them off at 7.11 a.m. in Calais where they will be taken care of by PAF 62.
Forty-five migrants off Dunkirk
At 9:07 am, the CROSS received a call indicating a zodiac-type boat in difficulty off Dunkirk, with 45 people on board. He immediately hired the coastguard cruiser Nordet from French customs. At 10:41 a.m., the Nordet tows the boat to the port of Dunkirk West where they will be taken care of by PAF 62.
Five migrants in Calais
At 12:40 p.m., the CROSS was warned by a merchant ship that 5 people on board a zodiac-type boat, in the Dyck anchorage area north of Calais, were in difficulty. At 12:47 p.m., the CROSS hired the all-weather canoe Notre Dame du Risban from the National Society for Rescue at Sea (SNSM) to assist them. The 5 castaways were collected at 1:25 p.m. before being picked up at the port of Calais by the firefighters and PAF 62.
Two migrants in hypothermia near Calais
The CROSS is informed by a ferry of the presence of a zodiac type boat, migrants in difficulty. The CROSS then hired the Jacques Oudart Fourmentin who picked up two people on board in a situation of hypothermia. The CROSS hires the Notre Dame du Risban canoe of the SNSM for an evacuation. At 5.40 p.m., the two people were taken care of on their arrival at the port of Calais by the firefighters of the departmental fire and rescue service (SDIS) 62 and the border police.
In his press release, the maritime prefect of the Channel and the North Sea warns migrants who plan to cross the Channel, one of the busiest areas in the world and where the weather conditions are often difficult and therefore dangerous for life. human.
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