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The US Coast Guard plans to end its search after finding five people dead from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida, in which 39 people were reported missing, captain Jo-Ann Burdian announces at a press conference from Miami. The boat left Bimini in the Bahamas on Saturday and capsized after hitting rough seas 45 miles (65 kilometers) east of the city of Fort Pierce. SOUNDBITE
One man has died and about 30 other people have been rescued in the Channel after their boat ran into difficulties while trying to cross from northern France to Britain on Friday, prosecutors say. The victim is believed to be in his 20s and to be of Sudanese origin, the prosecutor's office in Boulogne-sur-Mer said, adding that the others had been rescued in waters off the village of Berck. IMAGES of Berck beach
Images show Coast Guard officers and people arriving at Ventura County Coast Guard station in Oxnard, the center of operations, where officials say at least 33 people are unaccounted for after a dive boat sinks off California. IMAGES
Images of the Port of Dover in southeast England after six Afghan men died on Saturday 12 August when a boat carrying around sixty migrants sank in an attempt to reach the UK, according to French officials. Three French ships, a helicopter and a plane were mobilised to search the area off Sangatte in northern France for survivors, along with two British ships. IMAGES
Rescue services and mortuary vans enter and leave Calais port area after a migrant boat captsized. Six people were killed when a boat carrying migrants heading to Britain sank in the Channel. IMAGES
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