French lifeboat service refused to rescue 120 migrants on mega-dinghy bound for Portsmouth 'to avoid risking the lives of those on board'
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French coast agencies followed a migrant dinghy packed with roughly 120 people as it crossed the Channel but never moved to pull anyone out. The Prefecture of Manche said it stayed back to avoid putting the people on board at greater risk. The shadowing operation involved five boats and two helicopters and cost around £90,000. The flimsy craft set out from Utah beach in Normandy and was bound for England's south coast, with Portsmouth its destination.
The Prefecture of Manche spent £90,000 on deploying five boats and two helicopters to shadow the rickety vessel from Utah beach in Normandy towards England's South Coast.