On August 4, local time, the French Pas-de-Calais provincial government said that a small boat carrying illegal immigrants trying to cross the English Channel to the UK caught fire during the voyage that day. French and British rescue forces launched a joint operation to rescue a total of 157 illegal immigrants. At present, the cause of the accident and whether there were any casualties have been announced by the government.

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