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#BREAKING France says at least five migrants dead after boat sinks in Channel

#BREAKING French police say 'more than 20 dead' in Channel migrant boat sinking

#UPDATE More than 20 migrants died on Wednesday when their boat crossing the Channel from France to England sank off the northern port of #Calais, authorities said, the deadliest single disaster on the intensively-used route u.afp.com/wwgQ

#BREAKING UK PM to hold crisis meeting after Channel migrant deaths: official

#BREAKING Toll in migrant boat sinking in Channel rises to 27: French police

Police, ambulances and other emergency services arrive at the port of Calais Wednesday evening after at least 27 people died in a migrant boat that sank while trying to cross the English Channel from Dunkirk, France

#BREAKING UK PM 'shocked, appalled and deeply saddened' by Channel deaths

At least 27 migrants died Wednesday crossing from France to England when their boat sank off the port of Calais, French authorities said, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a major part of the migrant route u.afp.com/wwMS

#BREAKING France will not let Channel become cemetery: Macron

#BREAKING France, Britain to boost fight against 'lethal crossings': UK

#BREAKING Toll from migrant tragedy revised down to 27: French minister