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One person is dead and another is fighting for their life after a small boat crossing the English Channel sank early this morning, according to French authorities.
The boat, carrying 66 migrants, was discovered shipwrecked around 6km (3.7miles) from the French coast at around 1am on Friday.
The survivors have been taken to Calais, where the injured person is being treated in hospital. Searches are continuing by air and sea, the coastguard said.
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