Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while attempting to cross the English Channel from France to England, raising this year's death toll to 46. The boat, carrying around 60 people from countries including Eritrea, Sudan, Syria, and Iran, sank shortly after departing from the northern French coast near Ambleteuse. French authorities rescued 53 people, but eight men were declared dead at the scene. This tragedy follows less than two weeks after the deadliest crossing disaster this year, when 12 migrants died. Efforts by French and British governments to curb these perilous crossings continue as more than 22,000 migrants have arrived in England via the Channel this year.