A baby died when an overloaded migrant boat headed for Britain sank in the Channel off the coast of France on Thursday night, French maritime authorities said Friday. The accident occurred off the French town of Wissant,

French prosecutors opened a criminal investigation Friday into the death of a baby pulled from the English Channel after an overloaded boat carrying migrants got in to trouble off the northern coast of France.

A BABY has died after an overloaded migrant boat heading for Britain sank in the Channel. The tragedy happened on Thursday night off the coast of France, the country’s maritime authorities