Woman’s body found on beach near Calais
14:44, 26 September 2023
updated: 15:36, 26 September 2023
A woman has been found dead on a beach.
Her body was discovered near Sangatte, to the west of Calais, about 31-miles across the English Channel from Kent this morning.
She was attempting to make the crossing but ran into trouble, it is understood.
The French news agency Agence France-Presse tweeted at 10.50am today that it was “after a night marked by numerous attempts to cross the Channel to the UK by exiles (asylum seekers) trying to reach England.”
KentOnline has contacted the region’s maritime authority and French police for further details.
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