but a flimsy boat, dozens of desperate people the warning signs have always been there. and today, one of these boats never arrived. translation: as far as we know, 33 people capsized off dunkirk, in calais. as of now, 31 people died, but were not resuscitated and there are two survivors who are currently being treated and whose lives are also unfortunately in danger. a local fisherman spotted the passengers floating motionless in the water. helicopters and boats were scrambled to the scene for a rescue operation, but many had already drowned. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way, and it also shows how vital it is that we now step up our efforts to break the business model of the gangsters who are sending people to sea in this way.
to be afraid of yet. several boats set off from this coast at first light this morning. this one reached british shores without disaster. but a flimsy boat, dozens of desperate people the warning signs have always been there. and today, one of these boats never arrived. translation: as far as we know, 33 people capsized off dunkirk, in calais. as of now, 31 people died, but were not resuscitated and there are two survivors who are currently being treated and whose lives are also unfortunately in danger. a local fisherman spotted the passengers floating motionless in the water. helicopters and boats were scrambled to the scene for a rescue operation, but many had already drowned. this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the channel in this way, and it also shows how vital it is that we now step
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and we begin with the migrant crisis that deepens by the day. within the hour a number of european officials will meet to take action. french, british, and german government ministers first will head to the channel tunnel in calais and later they will discuss the fight against human smuggling. for more on this, we turn now to ian lee. he is live in london. ian, what are some of the lucians that might come out of these meetings, do you think? reporter: what we re hearing from officials is that they re going to have this joint command and control center to help with security on the french side of the crossing over into the uk. there s going to be extra police. there s going to be extra fencing. one thing, though that they re going to go after are smugglers. they are trying to dismantle the networks that are bringing the migrants and refugees to that