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44 migrants rescued in Strait of Pas-de-Calais

On May 7, 2023, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that a boat was in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais and deployed the PCG 'Armoise' to assist, which picked up 44 people and dropped them off at the port of Boulogne-Sur-Mer, where they were taken care of by the departmental fire and rescue service and the border police.

96 boat people rescued in three missions

On April 8, 2023, the CROSS Gris-Nez identified three boats in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais. The PSP 'Pluvier' was tasked to assist a boat with 30 persons on board. They were picked up and dropped off at the port of Calais. The patrol boat 'Armoise' was sent to a boat with 37 people on board. They were pick up and dropped off at the port of Boulogne-Sur-Mer. The BSAM 'Loire' was then deployed to a boat with 29 people on board. They were picked up and dropped off at the port of Calais. All migrants were taken care of by the border police and the departmental fire and rescue service.

65 migrants rescued in two missions

On March 19 the CROSS Gris-Nez identified two boats in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais. The patrol boat 'Flamant' of the French Navy was deployed to the scene and rescued 25 people, two of them suffering from hypothermia. These two were taken on board, and the 25 shipwrecked people were then dropped off at the port of Calais. Later that day, the CROSS tasked the 'Armoise' to assist a boat with 40 shipwrecked people who were picked up and then dropped off at Calais too. Once in the port, all castaways were taken care of by the border police and the departmental fire and rescue service.