It comes after five more migrants died trying to get to Britain this week, including that of a four-year-old girl, after an 'overloaded' dinghy capsized near Calais on Tuesday morning.
Five migrants died trying to get to Britain this week, including a four-year-old girlMigrants preparing to cross the the English Channel are being told by people traffickers to call the French coast guard who will 'escort' them across — and not to worry about the Rwanda plan.
But despite the deaths and the arrests, migrants are continuing to travel and traffickers are not deterred as they continue to exploit people for profit. One Eritrean man told the BBC that migrants don't fear dying because it's 'nothing' compared to what they have already been through. 'Others on board simply wanted to get on with the journey to Britain, and this is exactly what happened.'A member of the French Gendarmerie talks with a driver of a passing car in Wimereux, near Calais
It is thought the small boat was launched from Wimereux in northern France, between Boulogne and Calais 'But now, everything is ruined. Her father fell into our arms right away. He was crying, in a daze. He saw his little daughter die before his eyes.'
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