According to French media, at least two persons have perished while trying to cross to England off the coast of Calais.
The French humanitarian organization Utopia 56 has taken in about fifty migrants.
Firefighters are tending to ten individuals suffering from acute hypothermia, according to BFM TV.
One component of a massive rescue effort sent to a beach at Sangatte, close to Calais, is a French Navy helicopter.
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