Child dies while reportedly trying to reach UK in small boat

<p>Body of teenager found on beach in northern France after three other people die in Channel crossings on Saturday</p><p>A child is believed to have died while trying to cross the Channel in a small boat, according to French reports. The body of the teenager, who was believed to have fallen from a dinghy, was discovered on a beach in northern France on Sunday.</p><p>The death follows those of three other people on Saturday who were trying to reach the UK – <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/27/people-die-trying-cross-channel-from-france">two Somali women</a> who were reportedly crushed in a boat, and a man whose body was recovered from a canal in the town of Gravelines, near Dunkirk.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/28/child-dies-channel-france-uk-small-boat-crossings">Continue reading...</a>