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About 190 Migrants Rescued in English Channel over Weekend

French Gendarme officers look on as migrants are evacuated from a makeshift camp to reception centers during a sheltering operation by the local prefecture in Loon-Plage, northern France on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
French Gendarme officers look on as migrants are evacuated from a makeshift camp to reception centers during a sheltering operation by the local prefecture in Loon-Plage, northern France on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
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About 190 Migrants Rescued in English Channel over Weekend

French Gendarme officers look on as migrants are evacuated from a makeshift camp to reception centers during a sheltering operation by the local prefecture in Loon-Plage, northern France on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
French Gendarme officers look on as migrants are evacuated from a makeshift camp to reception centers during a sheltering operation by the local prefecture in Loon-Plage, northern France on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

Some 190 migrants have been rescued off the Calais coast in northern France since Friday night while trying to cross the English Channel on dinghies to reach Britain, local French authorities said on Saturday, without specifying from where those migrants had come.

The Channel is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and currents are strong. Human traffickers typically overload the dinghies, leaving them barely afloat and at the mercy of waves as they try to reach British shores.

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Spain Says Social Media Platforms Such as Musk's X Must be Neutral

'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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Spain Says Social Media Platforms Such as Musk's X Must be Neutral

'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Social media platforms should be neutral and not interfere in other nations' political affairs, Spain's government spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Pilar Alegria was answering a question about the high-profile spat between billionaire Elon Musk, who owns the social messaging platform X, and European leaders such as Britain's Keir Starmer and France's Emmanuel Macron, according to Reuters.

"We believe that these platforms must always act with absolute neutrality and above all, without interfering," she told a news conference.

A European Commission spokesperson said on Monday that while Musk was free to express his views on European politics, X must adhere to rules in the EU's Digital Services Act, under which large online platforms have to analyse and mitigate potential risks for electoral processes and civic discourse.