Theyre letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. Theyre trying to stop them from getting to the water. Lets go ahead and see what we can see. You can see the smugglers here. Some of them have sticks. Theyre trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea. But speak to our correspondent ali price who is in dover and england. Talk us through what happened. This is a tra. Ic tale from that rather dramatic reporting from andrew, he didnt know at the time what was about to unfold. We understand this boat got into trouble off the coast, just ate few dozen metres off the of northern france, that the Boat Hit A Sand Bank and was refloated, and at that point the passengers on the boat had moved and some had fallen out and a numberfell into the moved and some had fallen out and a number fell into the sea. There were five fatalities including the death of a seven year old girl. I am in dover, 20 miles away from northern france, a
Eastern areas, cloud, Light Rain In The South East and a cool wind along the south east and a cool wind along the north sea coast. More later. Its tuesday the 23rd of april. Asylum seekers who enter the uk illegally could be sent to rwanda after a Government Bill finally made it through parliament in the early hours, after months of delays. It declared the african country to be safe. The bill will become law within the next few days and the Prime Minister has said the first flights will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. Human Rights Groups described the plan as shameful. Our Political Correspondent ben wright has the details. Long after most people had gone to bed, parliament carried on working, wrestling with the issue of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The governments plan had faced strong resistance in the House Of Lords. They voted for changes mps kept rejecting. My lords, this bill has now been scrutinised a number of times. The government have rejected this amendment several tim
but his officers talked him out of it. the captain was the last person off and never commanded another vessel again. the tale of another italian ship ended very differently. in 2012 when the costa concordia ran aground off the coast of italy, 32 people died. captain francesco sitino got off the ship with hundreds still on board. he says he fell and tripped into a lifeboat. listen as the coast guard ordered him to return to his ship. [ speaking foreign language ] captain shitino is currently on trial. among the charges he s facing, abandoning ship with passengers on board and causing maritime disaster. we found there isn t any national maritime law that says a captain must stay on a sinking ship. many countries like south korea have their own law or follow the safety of life at sea treaty
ship. [ speaking italian ] reporter: the captain is currently on trial. among the charges he s facing, abandoning ship with passengers still on board, manslaughter and causing maritime disaster. we did some checking and found there isn t any international maritime law that says a captain must stay on a sinking ship. many countries like south korea have their own law or follow the safety of life at sea treaty adopted after the titanic sank. it doesn t require that a captain stay on board but it does say the captain is responsible for the vessel and his passengers. that same treaty also says passengers should be allowed to evacuate within 30 minutes. remember, the ferry took more than two hours to sink off of south korea. but the passengers were told to stay in place, a warning that may prove to have cost hundreds of lives.
must stay on a sinking ship. many countries like south korea have their own law or follow the safety of life at sea treaty adopted after the titanic sank. it doesn t require that a captain stay on board but it does say the captain is responsible for the vessel and his passengers. that same treaty also says passengers should be allowed to evacuate within 30 minutes. remember, the ferry took more than two hours to sink off of south korea. but the passengers were told to stay in place, a warning that may prove to have cost hundreds of lives. randy kay, cnn, new york. we re back again with captain james staples. in your mine, what are the obligations of a captain to oversee an evacuation. he s down by duty and honor. that s his responsibility to make sure that the passengers, the paying passengers are safe to get off that vessel. that s his duty.