More than 170 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in English Channel

More than one hundred seventy migrants were rescued when their boat caught fire in the English Channel while attempting to cross to the United Kingdom. Euronews reports that France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez highlighted a sharp decline in successful Channel crossings since the start of the year.

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