Migrant dies attempting to cross English Channel, French authorities say

Two other people were found with them suffering from hypothermia. French authorities said they were treated by emergency services before being taken to a local hospital.

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard the Dover lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel on Tuesday, November 2 (Gareth Fuller/PA)

A migrant has died after attempting to cross the English Channel to get to the UK, French authorities have confirmed.

The Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea said one person was found dead on the beach of Wissant, near Calais, on Thursday morning after the discovery of a boat filled with water.