Within hours it was clearjust how much a change is needed. Five people, including a child died when they fell off a boat trying to cross the channel. The french authorities rescued others. Those were the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais. Migrants attempted to launch an overcrowded boat to begin a journey across the channel. Boat to begin a journey across the channel. The french coastguard said there 110 people on board this dingy when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais. The search and Rescue Operations have been continuing all day. A bbc crew that was filming on the beaches, saw the migrants getting into that boat. Reports say that shortly after it went into the sea the engine failed. Andrew harding reports. A skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants here. The police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. It turns violent. And the police are failing. The boat is dangerously overloaded. It looks
But as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven year old girl. To understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. The forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. Young men from syria, from sudan, none put off by news that they might end up being deported from britain to rwanda. Are you worried that you might be sent to rwanda by the british . No, if it is safe and i can study in rwanda, then thats fine too, he says. You hear that . Yeah. You dont want that . No, i dont want. But its not stopping you today . No. Nothing will stop you . No, no, dont stop me. Waiting for the migrants along the french coast line, a high tech force, funded now by britain, which is spending millions of pounds on drones and other gear to help the French Police find and stop the small boat