Speaking from a park in France, Mohamed Isa Omar said: I saw people dying in front of me. Those of us who could not swim, drowned and died within minutes. It was so cold the water, so cold.
DNA tests are being carried out on the bodies of the 27 people who died after their dinghy sank while crossing to Britain last Wednesday, on what was the deadliest day of the migration crisis.
Crown Prosecution Service figures show only 61 migrants have been charged and 51 convicted since December 2019 for illegally entering the country and breaching the 1971 Immigration Act.
Up to 50 people were supposed to board two boats ahead of the fatal voyage across Channel - but one vessel suffered engine trouble, those in camps in France claimed.