One person dead after small boat sinks in Channel, French authorities say

A Border Force vessel in the Channel this month. A French assistance and rescue intervention tug, the RNLI and Border Force Ranger recovered people from the Channel on Monday. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

One person has died after a small boat sank while trying to cross the Channel overnight, French authorities said.

Sixty-two people were pulled from the water after the “overloaded” boat broke up, the Maritime Prefect of the Channel and the North Sea said.