In the last few minutes, we have been told that the search has been called off by the french authorities. Simonjones reports from dover. The sea has claimed several more lives. The french lifeboat had the grim task of bringing five bodies back to shore, a sixth person airlifted to hospital didnt survive. Some of those rescued were taken to dover after lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover
Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say they have heard calls for change before. Its tragic, isnt
After lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say
vessel at about 4:20am local time, they then dispatched some of their vessels to the south and brought in two british vessels to bring as many people saved as they could. we talked to some of these rescue staff earlier today and they told us it was really a grim scene. they were going there to save lives, but once they got there, the only thing they could do was drag dead corpses out of the water. they were really in shock and hoping other things, other event site that will not happen again. but aid workers have been telling us a lot of people have been coming to calais over the past 2 or 3 weeks. they estimate there are about 1,200 migrants now waiting to cross the channel and other domestic events could happen over the coming weeks again. == events could happen over the coming weeks again- weeks again. dramatic events. thank you. weeks again. dramatic events. thank you, lisa weeks again. dramatic events. thank you, lisa louis, weeks again. dramatic events. thank you, l
alerted by a commercial vessel at about 420 m local time and then dispatch some of their vessels to the site and brought in the manic british vessels are to bring as many people say for sure as they could. we talked to some of these rescue staff earlier today and they told us it was really a grim scene. they were going there to save lives, but once they got there, the only thing they could do was actually dragged dead corpses out of the water. they were really in shock and hoping that other things like other events like that will not happen again, but obviously aid workers have been telling us that a lot of people have been coming to calais over the past 30 weeks. they estimate there are about 1200 migrants now waiting to cross the channel and other dramatic events could happen over the coming weeks again. events could happen over the coming weeks again- weeks again. lewis louis there for us. 0ur reporter azadeh moshiri has been