French maritime authorities said on Sunday that they rescued 63 migrants from the Channel over the weekend as they tried to reach Britain in makeshift boats.
France's Channel rescue center coordinated two rescue operations in the waters of the Pas-de-Calais region.
A boat "having lost its engine in the water" was rescued off the Pas-de-Calais region by a vessel belonging to the French National Society for Sea Rescue, which brought 46 people ashore, the maritime authorities said in a statement.
A support ship chartered by the state in April to reinforce search and rescue operations meanwhile picked up 17 shipwrecked on board a second boat off Oye-Plage in the north.
The raids come days after five personnel were charged in connection with the deaths of 27 migrants when their boat sank in the Channel in late 2021.
Despite the dangers of crossing one of the world's busiest shipping channels, more people are seeking to make the crossing every year.
Some 46,000 asylum seekers crossed the Channel in 2022. Around 8,000 people have been rescued in French waters.
Source: Qatar News Agency