<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>A migrant found shot in northern France died of his wounds overnight, prosecutors said today, with a second person injured.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The fatally wounded man was “found, still alive, on the side of the A16 road near the town of Grande-Synthe”, said Charlotte Hutet, prosecutor in adjacent Dunkirk.</div><div><br></div><div>“This man was living in a migrant camp near to the spot where he was found” at Loon-Plage, she added, saying his identity had yet to be confirmed.</div><div><br></div><div>He had been shot in the chest, a police source said.</div><div><br></div><div>The second person, a 33-year-old Iraqi also believed to be living in the camp, was wounded in the hand, the source said on condition of anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>Police opened an investigation into the shooting.</div><div><br></div><div>Up to 600 migrants currently live in camps around Dunkirk, according to Claire Millot of the Salam aid group.</div><div><br></div><div>The area has long been a jumping-off point for people attempting irregular crossings to Britain, which has poured resources into police cooperation with France in a bid to halt arrivals. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>