Two migrants have died attempting to cross the English Channel, French authorities have said.
Six others were rescued, with one of them taken to hospital requiring urgent care, after migrants got into difficulty boarding a boat near Calais on Wednesday morning.
The French maritime prefecture said the small boat was seen heading towards the beach at Gravelines at around 09:30 local time, where 30 migrants were waiting to board.
It comes a day after the UK and France extended talks over renewing a deal to try and stop small boats trying to the cross the Channel.
Responders pulled eight people onto a rescue boat when they got into difficulty, but two of them died.
A French naval helicopter was also deployed to carry out a search of the area to make sure no one was left in the water, the French authority said.
At least 12 French police officers were present in the beach area at the time.
Steve Smith, chief executive of refugee charity Care4Calais, said the two people who died had been "lost to our deadly border".