Migrant boat capsizes in English Channel; at least 31 dead

CALAIS, France (AP) — At slightest 31 migrants bound for Britain died erstwhile their vessel sank successful the English Channel, successful what France's interior curate called the biggest calamity involving migrants connected the unsafe crossing to date.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 34 radical were believed to person been connected the boat.

Authorities recovered 31 bodies and 2 survivors, and 1 idiosyncratic appeared to inactive beryllium missing.

According to the Associated Press, the bodies recovered included 5 women and a young girl.

The nationalities of the travelers were not instantly known.

Four suspected traffickers were arrested connected suspicion of being linked to the sunken boat, Darmanin told reporters successful the French larboard metropolis of Calais.

Two of the suspects aboriginal appeared successful court, the quality outlet reported.

Activists demonstrated extracurricular the larboard of Calais connected Wednesday night, accusing governments of not doing capable to respond to migrants' needs.