Four boats were taken care of by the emergency services during the night of Monday and the day of Tuesday. All of the castaways were handed over to the border police and the departmental fire and rescue services.
Monday night and the day that followed were eventful for the Regional Operational Center for Surveillance and Rescue (CROSS) Griz-Nez.
Its teams carried out four rescue operations, rescuing more than a hundred migrants, the maritime prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea said in a press release on Tuesday.
In detail, 32 people in difficulty on their boat were taken care of and then dropped off at the port of Dunkirk. 39 castaways were then rescued by the PSP Pluvier of the French Navy and dropped off at the same place.
“Often difficult” weather conditions
Two other boats, one occupied by 29 exiles and the other by 22, were spotted by the CROSS. Their occupants were transported to Boulogne-sur-Mer.
According to the prefecture, all of the castaways were taken care of by the border police and the departmental fire and rescue services.
In his press release, the prefect recalls that the weather conditions in the Strait of Pas-de-Calais are “often difficult”, with strong gusts of wind. He therefore considers it “particularly dangerous” to undertake a crossing of the Channel, especially when the temperatures are low.