Two women died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross to ‌Britain from France capsized near Calais, the local French administration said on Sunday.

"We regret to say that we found two people, two women, who had died," said Christophe Marx, an official for the Pas-de-Calais administration, adding that authorities had rescued the others.

As reported by French authorities, women died after a........

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