of accused people smugglers of literally getting away with murder. we ve also heard from the leader of the opposition party. who tweeted. let me play this report from the bbc s home editor mark easton has been bringing together what we know. cold, but calm seas encourage dozens of migrants, including many small children, to head down the beaches of calais this morning, preparing to make the journey across the channel. where are you going now? we re going to uk! a number of small boats are understood to have pushed off around dawn, but it now appears at least one vessel capsized, with reports of around 30 deaths. a french fisherman reported seeing an empty dinghy with a number of bodies floating motionless nearby, unconscious or dead.
aleem maqbool is there. 25,000 migrants have crossed the english channel from france this year, in flimsy boats, and in dangerous seas. it is one of the worlds busiest shipping channels. many had warned of the untold risk that desperate migrants were taking, today an almost inevitable tragedy unfolded. not far from calais a boat carrying 50 people, some of them children, capsized in freezing cold waters. at least 30 of them are known have drowned, maybe more. it is by far the biggest loss of life in a single incident on that route. but with thousands more coming it might not be the last. our home editor mark easton reports. cold, but calm seas encourage dozens of migrants, including many small children, to head down the beaches of calais this morning, preparing to make the journey across the channel. where are you going now?
then they will prepare for the chutes come out and the main chutes come out. and they ll prepare for splashdown and touchdown this time instead of gulf of mexico in the atlantic ocean for the first time with crew. it was a nice touchdown. i wish them calm seas and gate weather out there. it will be an amazing sight to see. they have already lowered the dragon already fired off a couple of burns to get to lower altitude so it can be a smooth reentry into the earth s atmosphere but it was funded by jared isaacman who invented online payment system. he did it not to self-fund his trip to space but also doing something for the better and they re trying to raise some $200 million for st. jude in the
and as efficiently as possible. international travel is likely to remain very different for a while to come, and heathrow said they expect to have a dedicated red list terminalfor some time. caroline davis, bbc news. almost 600 migrants have reached the uk by boat in the past five days. 336 people arrived on friday the largest number in a single day so far this year. the government has once again pledged to crack down on people smugglers organising the crossings, but groups supporting migrants are warning that tough talking simply doesn t work. simonjones reports from dover. the latest arrivals these migrants were given life jackets and brought to dover by the border force after they reached uk waters. it s been an extremely busy few days in the channel, with calm seas and warm weather. in recent weeks, we ve seen not only an increase in numbers overall, but we ve seen an increase in the number of unaccompanied young
by the border force after they reached uk waters. it s been an extremely busy few days in the channel, with calm seas and warm weather. in recent weeks, we ve seen not only an increase in numbers overall, but we ve seen an increase in the number of unaccompanied young women and girls who have come into the country through this route. and that is worrying, because they re coming in from what are known to be the eritrean and vietnamese routes that are closely associated with modern slavery and sex trafficking. it s an issue that divides opinion. a protest against the number of people arriving was held at the weekend, while the previous weekend, groups supporting migrants gathered to air their views. so far this year, more than 3,500 migrants have reached the uk by boat. that figure is double the number we saw in the first five months of last year. butjust a little bit of context. the people arriving this way are very visible. you can see them coming in from here on the white cliffs. but