A 2-year-old boy was "trampled to death" and three other migrants seeking to cross the English Channel from France to Britain also died aboard crowded small boats while at sea, French authorities said Saturday.

Jacques Billant said some people were rescued from the water but others were likely trampled to death in the boat Four people, including a two-year-old boy, have died while attempting to cross the English Channel,

French authorities say four migrants, including a 2-year-old child, have died in two separate incidents as they were attempting to cross the English Channel toward Britain

Several migrants, including a child, have died while attempting to cross the English Channel, according to the French authorities. Interior minister Bruno Retailleau said the child was "trampled to death in a boat",

A two-year-old boy and three adults died overnight after two boats crowded with migrants got into difficulty while attempting the perilous Channel crossing from France to England, French officials sai

The two-year-old child died after being ‘trampled’ at the bottom of a boat crossing the English Channel, official says