The French navy rescued 85 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday, maritime authorities said, the latest in a deadly series of dangerous crossings. One of “numerous” migrant boats that set out to sea called for help after hitting a sandbank off the Pas-de-Calais region, France’s Channel and North Sea maritime prefecture said in a statement. A navy tugboat saved 80 passengers from that boat and five more from a second migrant vessel at another location, it said. The migrants were brought back to land at Boulogne-sur-Mer and attended to by emergency services and border
