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All other passengers on board asked to be rescued and were taken into care, the maritime prefecture said earlier, adding that the dinghy had not sunk.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Two women in their thirties and a 10-year-old boy who were believed to be Eritrean died, seemingly in a crush as the dinghy was carrying too many people, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

In a sailing dinghy, the person at the tiller can simply shift from one side to the other when tacking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Earlier this month, a dinghy which had launched from near Cherbourg in the Bay of the Seine - further west than boats normally depart - was brought ashore in Hampshire, triggering protests in Portsmouth.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

A pair of underwater goggles lay on the deck of the dinghy, near the stern seat.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

They pay smugglers thousands of dollars to board unstable and often overcrowded rubber dinghies to make the hazardous illegal journey across one of the world's busiest shipping routes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

But while the number of boat crossings over summer months has dropped to its lowest since 2019, smugglers appear to have started loading more people onto fewer, larger vessels dubbed "mega dinghies".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Downing Street said the leaders would also focus on tackling the "emerging use of mega dinghies", or larger more powerful boats bringing irregular migrants to England's south coast.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Oxford's Migration Observatory, external believes the emergence of these mega dinghies is likely connected to increased enforcement, as there is an "additional incentive for smugglers to fit as many people as possible into available boats".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

She had rowed in dinghies and been out once or twice on large fishing boats.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt