Migrant dies after boat scramble

ANOTHER migrant has died while trying to cross the English Channel as 30,000 are believed to have arrived in the UK after making the journey so far this year.

- Michael Knowles

Several others were rescued after they fell into the sea while trying to get in a boat off the coast in the Calais region early yesterday, the French coastguard said.

A man was declared dead when he was brought ashore in the rescue operation involving a French navy helicopter and lifeboat, while others were taken to hospital.