All safe and sound, they were taken care of by the departmental fire and rescue service and the Pas-de-Calais border police.
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They were trying to reach the British coast. Two boats carrying a total of 72 migrants, including 11 children, were rescued off Calais and Boulogne-sur-mer (Pas-de-Calais), announced the maritime prefecture on Sunday March 21. Early in the morning, the Gris-Nez regional operational surveillance and rescue center (Cross) was informed that several migrant boats were in difficulty off the coast of Calais, said the maritime prefecture of the Channel and the sea. North in a press release.
[[#Rescue]of 72 migrants off Calais by the RIAS Abeille Languedoc chartered by the @Navy and the maritime affairs patrol vessel Themis, coordinated by #CROSS Gris-Nez ➡️https: //t.co/ritvAEnR75 pic.twitter.com/TwoApvmGHG
– Maritime Prefecture Channel and North Sea (@premarmanche) March 21, 2021
A first boat, with 38 people on board (including four women and four children), was recovered by the patrol vessel Thémis, which dropped them off in Calais shortly after 10:30 am, according to the press release. In addition, 34 other migrants (including five women and seven children) were rescued by a tug chartered by the French Navy, and brought to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer at 11:30 am. All safe and sound, they were taken care of by the departmental fire and rescue service (Sdis) and the border police (PAF) of Pas-de-Calais.
