According to the French Coast Guard report, the three risked their lives to cross the strait in a kayak.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, police found two floating kayaks near the coastline and rescued two survivors. They were sent back to Calais. The two said that the other three were missing, prompting air and sea search operations to continue until Thursday night.
The Calais Coast Guard said it will not resume searching for kayakers on Friday.
On the same day, about 1,000 people arrived in the UK in small boats in the English Channel, risking their lives-this is the current record of a series of arrivals.
On Thursday, a girl wrapped in a red jacket was carried ashore in Dover. This was one of the hundreds of people who were taken into the Port of Kent after being picked up at sea.
The lifeboat crew and border guard vessels spent hours all day intercepting ships in the Strait of Dover and stayed busy until night.
The total for Thursday will exceed the single-day record of 853 determined earlier this month.
Although two people have been killed while trying to cross in recent weeks, and more people are worried about missing at sea, it still happened.
Along the coast, it is reported that more people arrived at Hastings Beach after being picked up by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute.
In 2019, Interior Secretary Priti Patel promised to make immigration transit a “rare phenomenon” by the spring of 2020, and then promised in August 2020 to “make this route infeasible”.
During this period, the British government has agreed to pay France Millions of pounds to strengthen the security of its northern coast.
Jon Featonby, British Red Cross refugee and asylum policy manager, said: “This is a cruel and life-threatening journey, especially in the deteriorating winter weather. The priority must be to save lives, and Ensure that anyone who comes to the UK receives dignity and sympathy-dry clothes, medical care, food, clean water and safe places to sleep.
“There is no simple answer, but we urge the government to reconsider its plan. As far as the current situation is concerned, Nationality and Border Act It will make the UK’s asylum system more stringent, rather than address the reasons why people take such dangerous journeys. The focus of any reform should be an ambitious plan for a new safe route, as well as a fair, humane and efficient asylum system. ”
Although the number of boat arrivals continues to increase, there are far fewer boat arrivals and asylum applications in the UK compared to many European counterparts.
According to data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, so far this year, at least 100,907 people have arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean and overland. Based on the same data, it is estimated that at least 1,313 people have died or are missing.
