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24 migrants rewcued off Dunkirk

On the early morning of June 16, 2025, the CROSS Gris-Nez was alerted by the police (DIPN North - Lille), which postponed the departure of a migrant boat off the Dunkirk Dunes Canal. The CROSS deployed the 'Yser' to locate the boat. Once on site, the vessel noticed that the boat was overloaded, and approached it to clarify the situation of the occupants, three of whom requested assistance. The 'Yse'r initially began treating three injured people. before subsequently recovering 21 other migrants of the boat. The boat continued its journey towards British waters with the remaining occupants, while the launch headed for the port of Calais to disembark the rescued people, whjo were taken into care by the emergency services on land.

99 migrants rescued from various boats

On the night of June 12 and on June 13, numerous migrant boat departures were reported to the CROSS Gris-Nez. On the evening the CROSS was informed by the police that a migrant boat off Slack Beach was showing signs of difficulty. In coordination with land-based services, the CROSS deployed several resources, including the French Navy's Dauphin helicopter based in Le Touquet and resources from the SDIS 62 to locate and rescue the boat people. In coordination with the MRCC in Dover, a British aircraft was also diverted to participate in the search. However, once in the area, the resources did not report the presence of any boat in the water and therefore were stood down. Secondly, a floating but unpowered boat was spotted by land services off Pointe aux Oies. The CROSS engaged the 'Abeille Normandie', which confirmed the boat was adrift with three people on board. The emergeny tug rescued the migrants, who were taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer and taken into care by land-based rescue services. Later that night, a second boat requested assistance off Audresselles. The CROSS engaged the French Navy's hydrographic survey vessel 'Laplace', which joined the boat. Four of its occupants requested assistance, They were picked up and taken in Calais. The remaining migrants on the migrant boat refused any assistance and continued on their way. During the same night, another boat was reported in difficulty off the coast of Gravelines. The location of the boat, overloaded with 50 people, was located by the Schiebel S100 drone of the CROSS Gris-Nez. The latter also engaged the lifeboaat 'SNS 276 - Notre Dame des Flandres' from the Gravelines SNSM station, which rescued two people on board, while the boat continued on its way. On the morning of June 13, another boat was spotted on the beach at Quend. The CROSS engaged the surveillance vessel 'Yser' from the French Maritime Gendarmerie to locate the boat. Two people, who were found in difficulty, were rescued by the 'Yser' and brought ashore, where they were treated by the local land rescue services. The same morning, another boat was spotted off the coast of Dunkirk. The CROSS engaged the RHIB 'ESMP04' of the Maritime and Port Security Platoon of the French Maritime Gendarmerie,and then the patrol boat 'Flamant'. The troubled boat quickly took on water, and the patrol boat began assisting the occupants, joined by the rescue vessel 'Ridens' and the 'Abeille Normandie'. The 'Flamant' rescued 63 people and headed for the port of Calais. The other occupants initially did not require further assistance, as the boat continued to deflate. They were finally picked up by the 'Ridens' and the 'Abeille Normandie', which took them to the ports of Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer), respectively. In total, 79 occupants of the boat were rescued and taken into care by land-based rescue services. Finally, on the early evening of June 13, a migrant boat was reported off the coast of Equihen-Plage. As weather conditions deteriorated, the CROSS deployed a Frontex aircraft to locate the boat, followed by the 'Flamant' and the patro l boat 'Pluvier'. After a request for assistance from the nine occupants of the boat, they were picked up by the PSP Flamant and brought to the dock in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

85 migrants rescued in two missions

On Dec 4, numerous departures of migrant boats were reported to the CROSS Gris-Nez off the coast of Pas-de-Calais. One boat was spotted in the Wissant Bay area thanks to the CROSS surveillance camera. As the boat was in difficulty when crossing a sandbank, the CROSS engaged the semi-rigid of the 'Abeille Normandie' to assess the situation in the area. The migrants requested assistance, and the CROSS mobilized land and nautical resources from the firefighters of the departmental fire and rescue operational center, the semi-rigid 'Ouranos' of the National Gendarmerie as well as the 'Abeille Normandie' and its second semi-rigid. All 80 people were transferred on board the 'Abeille Normandie'. At the same time, the CROSS engaged the coastal surveillance vessel 'Yser' to monitor another boat in the Wimereux area. Among the people on board, five requested assistance and were picked up. The other people continued their journey. The 'Abeille Normandie', which had just taken charge of the migrants of the first boat, contacted the 'Yser' and picked up the five additional people. The CROSS then deployed the patrol boat 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' to take over the surveillance of the boat until it entered the British zone of responsibility. A total of 85 people were brought back to the quay in Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were taken care of by the land rescue services and the border police.