11.11.2019, BBC
Channel migrants: Pride of Canterbury in U-turn rescue
A migrant who tried to swim to the UK wearing a wetsuit was rescued when a cross-Channel ferry made a U-turn to save him, the authorities have said. The Pas-de-Calais prefecture said the man in his 30s was spotted 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of Calais. A rescue began at 10:40 GMT but the Pride of Canterbury ferry turned around to retrieve the man who had severe hypothermia, the prefecture said. The P&O crew spotted him and sent a fast rescue boat to retrieve him.He was then hoisted up by a helicopter at 12:23 and flown back to Calais. read more
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