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54 migrants rescued off Dunkirk
In the night of Aug 12, 2023, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed that a migrant boat seemed to be in difficulty about ten kilometers off Calais. After having been able to locate the boat with the assistance of merchant ships, the CROSS Gris-Nez deployed the 'SNS 276-Notre Dame des Flandres' from Gravelines and the 'SNS 087-Jean Bart II' from Dunkirk to provide assistance. Once in the area, the 'Notre Dame des Flandres' was engaged in another operation, and the 'Jean Bart II' recovered the 54 castaways and dropped them off at the port of Dunkirk.
Migrants rescued in several missions
In the night of 29 and on Oct 30, the CROSS Gris-Nez identified several boats in difficulty. The patrol boat 'Pluvier' first rescued 51 people from a boat in difficulty, who were dropped off at the port of Calais. On 30, the patrol boat intervened once again to assist a second boat in difficulty, thus recovering 24 people who were also taken to Calais. The 'Jean Bart II' of the SNSM station in Dunkirk resued 56 shipwrecked people in the night adn dropped them off at the port of Dunkirk. On Oct 30, the lifebbat assisted a second boat in difficulty, thus recovering 35 shipwrecked people who were also taken to Dunkirk port. The patrol boat 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' was engaged on Oct 30 off Calais and recovered 51 boat people who were dropped off at the port of Boulogne-sur-mer. All castaways were taken care of by the border police and the departmental fire and rescue service.
71 migrants rescued in two missions
In the night off Oct 14 to Oct 15, the CROSS Gris-Nez identified several boats in difficulty in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais. Operations continued throughout the day on. The CROSS deployed the 'SNS 087 Jean Bart II' from SNSM station in Dunkirk which rescued a boat in difficulty with 43 people, whom it took on board. The castaways were then dropped off at the port of Dunkirk. The 'SNS 276 Notre-Dame-des-Flandres' of the SNSM station in Gravelines was engaged in the second half of the night off Petit-Fort-Philippe to rescue a boat in difficulty with 28 people on board. Once taken care of on board the star Notre-Dame-des-Flandres, the castaways were dropped off at the port of Gravelines.
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