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70 migrants recovered from three boats

On Oct 16, the CROSS Gris-Nez was notified after several migrant boats got in difficulty in the Pas-de-Calais Strait. In the night of Oct 15 a migrant boat was damaged off the coast of Wimereux. The CROSS deployed the emergenvy tug 'Apollo Moon' to the scene, which took 34 people on board before the boat resumed its journey with the rest of the people on board, who did not request assistance. The 'Apollo Moon' drops off the 34 people at the port of Calais. Later in the morning, another boat was in difficulty off the town of Ambleteuse. The patrol boat 'DFP1-Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' was deployed to assist by the CROSS and picked up 10 people from the boat. The other people on board did not request assistance. The migrants aboard the 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' were dropped off at the port of Boulogne-sur-mer. At the same time, another boat was reported in difficulty off the coast of Merlimont. The CROSS Gris-Nez sent the PSP 'Pluvier' to assist, which recovered 26 people, before the boat got back on its way with the rest of the migrants, who were not requesting assistance. The 'Pluvier' dropped off the migrants at the dock at the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

103 migrants rescued from two boats

In the early morning of Oct 10, 2023, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that a boat was in difficulty near the port of Calais. The semi-rigid 'Triton' of the National Police was in the area and notices that the boat, which had an engine failure, was taking on water and was overloaded. The 'Apollo Moon' and the 'Eulimène' of the nautical brigade of the National Gendarmerie were deployed to assist too and rescued the 60 shipwrecked people. Some of the castaways, recovered by the 'Eulimène' and the 'Triton', were transferred aboard the 'Apollo Moon', which had a larger accommodation capacity. The 'Apollo Moon' took on board 41 people, the 'Triton' four people, and the 'Eulimène' 15 people. Once at the dock in Calais, the castaways were taken care of by the departmental fire and rescue service and the border police. In parallel, a second, overloaded migrant boat was reported in difficulty, and the CROSS Gris-Nez deployed the PSP 'Pluvier' to assist. After the boat was located, the 'Pluvier' rescued all 43 shipwrecked people, who were dropped off at the port of Calais too and taken care of by civil security and the border police.

33 migrants rescued off Calais

In the early morning of Aug 19, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that a migrant boat was in difficulty off the coast of Calais in degrading weather conditions. The CROSS deployed the PSP 'Pluvier' to assist, which rescued 33 the people on board, among them three 3 children. After taking care of 33 castaways on board, the 'Pluvier' dropped them off in Calais.