French coastguards rescue 157 from burning migrant boat in English Channel

French coastguards rescued one hundred fifty-seven people from a burning migrant boat in the English Channel, The Hindu reports. Five others had already been pulled from the same vessel a few hours earlier. The Channel remains one of the world's busiest and most dangerous migrant crossing routes.

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