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37 migrants rescued off Malo-les-Bains

On March 9, a migrant boat departure was reported to the CROSS Gris-Nez off Malo-les-Bains, which initially engaged the lifeboat 'SNS 276-Notre-Dame des Flandres' from the Gravelines SNSM station to monitor the boat, then joined by the 'Abeille Normandie'. Following the request for assistance from some of the boat's occupants, the 'Abeille Normandie' recovered 37 people on board. Following this recovery, the emergency tug requested medical assistance for one person. The CROSS then set up a conference call with the Toulouse maritime medical consultation center (CCMM) and the 'Abeille Normandie'. Following this conference call, it was recommended that the person be brought back to the quay to be taken care of on land by the land rescue services. The 'Abeille Normandie' then dropped off the 37 migrants at the quay in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

24 migrants rescued in four responses

On the night of March 1, 2025, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed of the departure of a migrant boat near Wimereux in the Pointe aux Oies sector. The CROSS then engaged the 'Géranium' from the Maritime Gendarmerie, which started monitoring the boat as it headed out to sea. Three migrants who requested assistance were picked up by the 'Géranium', while the rest of the people on board the boat continued on their way. Given the risks of falling overboard or of injuries to people in the event of a forced intervention by French rescue resources, the decision was made to let them continue their journey, while ensuring that their crossing was monitored. The rescued people were brought back to Boulogne-sur-Mer on the early morning. Immediately after the first intervention of the 'Géranium', she was re-engaged by the CROSS Gris-Nez to assist another boat off the coast of Pointe de la Rochette, in the Wimereux sector. The 'Géranium' contacted the boat that was stopped with occupants who requested assistance. The CROSS then engaged the 'Abeille Normandie' in support. The operational drome boats (EDO) began to recover some of the migrants who were brought onto the 'Abeille Normandie'. Some of the migrants who remained on the boat resumed their route under the surveillance of the 'Géranium'. The emergency tug dropped off the 12 recovered migrants on the afternoon at the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer. In the middle of the night, the CROSS Gris-Nez also engaged the 'Pluvier' to monitor a boat off the coast of Calais. After several hours of navigation, seven migrants requesting assistance were picked up by the 'Pluvier', while the rest of the migrants resumed their journey. The 'Pluvier' then disembarked the seven peopl in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Finally, a rescue operation was coordinated by the CROSS Gris-Nez after the attempt to cross the Channel by a makeshift boat, which had left in the morning off the Bay of Somme. The National Genarmerie raised alert at 6:30 a.m. to assist the 54 people on board. Several SNSM units, firefighter teams from SDIS 62 and SDIS 80, as well as the 'Garonne' of the French Navy were deployed to secure the boat and recover the migrants, three of whom were injured, including one person in critical condition. They were taken care of by the rescue services on Hardelot beach, after being rescued on board the EDO of the 'Garonne'. Two other victims suffering from hypothermia were also rescued by the land rescue teams . As the boat was stranded on the beach near the North seawall of Hardelot without being able to return to sea, the rescue operation ended early in the evening. In total, 24 people were rescued at sea under the coordination of CROSS Gris-Nez in four different operations.

Emergency tug assisted patrol boat during rescue of 38 migrants

On the early morning of Feb 25, the Dunkirk semaphore informed the CROSS Gris-Nez of a migrant boat leaving the Dunkirk/Malo-les-Bains sector. The CROSS engaged the patrol boat 'Oyapock' to locate the boat. After several hours of monitoring, the boat suffered an engine failure, and several of its occupants requested assistance. The CROSS then engaged the 'Abeille Normandie' to support the 'Oyapock', which then recovered 38 people from the boat before it continued on its way with the rest of the migrants on board. Given the risks of falling overboard or of injuries incurred by people in the event of forced intervention by French rescue resources, the decision was made to let them continue their voyage, while ensuring that the crossing was firther monitored. The 38 people rescued by thepatrol boat were taken back to the port of Dunkirk to be taken care of by the rescue services on land.