Refugees Crossing the Dover Strait to the UK... Drowning Incidents Surge
[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] It has been reported that refugees relying on small boats to reach the UK are drowning in large numbers.
According to local media on the 16th, hundreds of refugees cross the English Channel (Dover Strait) between the UK and France every day.
They mainly use small boats such as canoes to cross the sea.
The Dover Strait is about 33 km wide, but many people board small boats, and due to rough waves, there have been numerous cases of casualties while crossing this area.
On the 12th, three refugees who were crossing the sea in a canoe went missing. On the 15th, two refugees were found drowned near Calais after drifting on two canoes.
As a result, a sports equipment company announced that it would stop selling canoes in northern France.
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On the same day, the French government closed a refugee camp in Grande-Synthe near Dunkerque in northern France, dispersed about 1,500 refugees who were there, and arrested 35 suspects involved in illegal immigration facilitation.
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