A serious rescue operation is underway within the English Channel after a ship carrying not less than 50 migrants sank.
Round 10 persons are in crucial situation after the inflatable vessel obtained into issue off the coast of France.
Rescue employees had been deployed near Le Portel, a city of round 9,000, shortly after 11.30am.
A number of groups are nonetheless at sea, serving to to find these from the sinking vessels.