Theres a real battle going on on the beach here. Must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water. 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. We have more footage of that beach at the time. Lets take a look at that. Our correspondent there told us that people move from the dark sand from Dark Sand Dunes ran across beach dragging an inflatable boat. Police tried to stop but didnt when on boardFrench Maritime boats lots of people trying to get on board, French Maritime boats were nearby, circling. Ijust want to point out that our correspondent who was there at that time didnt know, of course, what was about to happen and didnt know that at that moment, there would later than be deaths on that boat. A short time ago, we got a statement from a french state official. Translation a new tragedy occurred on a boat overloaded with migrants early this morning at around 5am off the coast of wimereux. The consequences were severe. Five people reported dead a seven year old girl, a woman and three men. The Boat Set Sail from the plage Des Allemands in wimereux with an unprecedented 112 people on board. A few hundred metres from the coast, the engine stopped and several people fell into the water. The Abeille Normandie patrol boat was immediately tasked by the maritime prefect to rescue the shipwrecked crew. Look at where this is happening. France, people trying to get from france, people trying to get from france to the uk. We have calais here, and just so there, where this incident took place, one of our correspondence was also at calais. So this is a separate incident, take a look what happened here. This boat appeared to be on the head water down there. It came across, it was tracked by a large naval vessel, which is just out there, blocking the way to the uk and bass boat got blown back into shorter, and as that happens, from the dunes, a very large group of about a0 migrants with children came across the sand, and as you can see now, are trying to get onto the boat, which was i have to say already crowded before they arrived and tried to climb on board. As you can see, they are trying to push the boat out back through the waves. I think thats going to be very difficult. Weve just got to move back, because we are between the police and the migrants, so we will move back and show you this Policing Operation which is happening here. Just to explain, the police try very, very hard to stop the migrants getting onto these boats. This boat was already at sea before the police came out of the beach and tried to stop what was going on. That was tom in the early hours of this morning. We will go live now and speak to him. Talk us through these different attempts that we are seeing. Is this because of the Weather Conditions . Talk us through this. ,. ,. ,. , this. Yes, the Weather Conditions were pretty this. Yes, the Weather Conditions were pretty good this. Yes, the Weather Conditions were pretty good this this. Yes, the Weather Conditions were pretty good this morning, l this. Yes, the Weather Conditions i were pretty good this morning, and where we are now, which is actually where we are now, which is actually where that first incident happened some ten hours ago, that is where that first incident where people coming from the dunes, probably further down this way to get onto a boat, 115 people, far more than we really ever heard of trying to get onto one of the small boats. The incident that i saw was much further down the coast, north of calais, again, people coming out of the dunes this time coming into, the really long distances that the police here have to cover. Its about 70 km when you take it all into account. Likely places where people can leave heading for the uk. They did it this morning because the sea was a lot flatter, its a lot windier now. There was very little windier now. There was very little wind up back then. The skies were clear, you could see for miles. They did it despite the fact that the police were on the beaches, they were on both beaches and despite the fact, of course, that the commons had put this bill finally, manage to pass this bill which allowed the government and future to remove people to rwanda in the hope that thatis people to rwanda in the hope that that is a deterrent to the sorts of things we saw this morning. Just on what ou things we saw this morning. Just on what you saw. Things we saw this morning. Just on what you saw, give things we saw this morning. Just on what you saw, give us things we saw this morning. Just on what you saw, give us an things we saw this morning. 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The police know this and try to slash the boats before they get to slash the boats before they get to the water. I thought it was quite interesting that the incident that i saw that the police didnt try to do anything once the boat was on the water. And i think that is probably for Safety Reasons to ensure that people dont end up in what is going to be very cold water. If you look at what happened, especially the incident here, 115 people trying to get onto one of those boats is really unprecedented and is very likely to end in disaster with people falling in. Many migrants cant swim. As we know there was a child involved in the incident this morning, even the one we saw, we counted 67 people on one boat. Thats an extremely large number. I think theres a growing desperation among some of the migrants who dont have the money to pay People Traffickers for perhaps slightly more assured journeys across the channel, i think there is certainly a lot more violence being offered to the police as this kind of process of people trying to get to uk continues. Of people trying to get to uk continue of people trying to get to uk continues. ,. ,. , continues. Thank you so much for that. We are going to cross over that stretch of water now and head to dover, because people have been arriving there. We do have some pictures. There have been water force boats bringing the people from the water there into the port there at dover. 0ur Correspondent is they are. Talk us through what has been happening this morning. Weill. Are. Talk us through what has been happening this morning. Happening this morning. Well, we have been counting happening this morning. Well, we have been counting the happening this morning. Well, we have been counting the boats happening this morning. Well, we. Have been counting the boats coming in and roughly we think there are about 300 people taken off border force boats. We think there have been a number of border force force boats. We think there have been a number of borderforce boats out in dover today, including also as well the lifeboat has been out, its been out for several hours. I think i canjust point to, actually, just possibly gone out to see again, literally the last couple of minutes, we have seen a number of people taken off those border force boats, including a child. As i say, around 300 today. We have seen about four coaches take those people. You can possiblyjust see the top of the marquee there as well, which is where the people coming off the boats are taken and essentially given a health check given fresh clothing. 0f given a health check given fresh clothing. Of course, a lot of them come over completely soaked from their journey. Come over completely soaked from theirjourney. Im told its around a four hourjourney, usually, if you start off in a dinghy and effectively get rescued once you get halfway across into british waters. From there, those people are taken coaches a few miles up the road, an old disused airport which is used as a Processing Facility where they are given more stringent Security Checks and bust out hotels and other accommodation across the uk while the asylum claims are looked into and processed. Tom is talking about the Weather Conditions here. Its a shame, because when i first arrived, you could see france, only 20 miles away, and you can see it from where i was standing, the weather has come in slightly this afternoon, but worth noting that 20 miles is the busiest Shipping Lane in the entire world, to give you context, if you like ofjust how treacherous this journey can be. The like ofjust how treacherous this journey can toe like ofjust how treacherous this journey can be. The politics here, of course. Journey can be. The politics here, of course, this journey can be. The politics here, of course, this all journey can be. The politics here, of course, this all coming journey can be. The politics here, of course, this all coming the journey can be. The politics here, of course, this all coming the dayj of course, this all coming the day after the bill to effectively, the rishi sunak Prime Minister trying to get people to to get on planes from the uk to rwanda to have their asylum claims assessed there. What impact, but assessment, or is it far too early to say that that will have . ~ ~ , have . Well, i think this is obviously have . Well, i think this is obviously a have . Well, i think this is obviously a very have . Well, i think this is obviously a very tragic have . Well, i think this is. Obviously a very tragic day, have . Well, i think this is obviously a very tragic day, that is something rishi sunak talked about earlier when he was asked about it. All sides, earlier when he was asked about it. Allsides, if earlier when he was asked about it. All sides, if you like, this whole debate about whether exactly that rwanda plan is a good idea or not would say what has happened today is tragic, and i think both sides would use this as an example of whether they s plan kind of fits with what they s plan kind of fits with what they believe. The government would say, look, what has happened today is exactly the reason why the rwanda plan needs to be enforced, because it will deter people from making bad very treacherous journey. Rishi sunak when asked earlier about said we need compassion in all of this and stop this awful trade in people being able to be able to get over here using what he described as People Traffickers. 0n the other side, of course, youve got people think about look, the rwanda plan essentially was brought into force last night, was voted on last night and hasnt acted as a deterrent. Word may well have got to some of those migrants, and they didnt become deterred. They spent months trying to get to Northern France and they are not going to stop when they can practically see the uk from there. Both sides saying this is a tragic day, that plays into both sides, if you like, as far as whether it is going to work. I think its really interesting here, today we did get the boat that had been involved in a tragic situation earlier, of course, 50 or so of the migrants who were on that boat, of which we had the five fatalities commit 50 or so of them decided to stay on the boat and carry on into british waters, and we saw that boat come in today or we saw rather some of the passengers being disembarked down there. They were eyewitnesses of exactly what happened and that even didnt deter them from wanting to come here. Even didnt deter them from wanting to come here to come here. Thank you very much for that. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak says britains Defence Industry is to be put on a war footing because the world is the most dangerouns it has been since the end of the cold war. He will increase uk Defence Spending to 2. 5 of National Income by 2030. Hes also promised ukraine an extra five hundred Million Pounds of military aid. Mr sunak is in the polish capital warsaw, where hes discussing Regional Security with nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg. Heres some of what mr sunak had to say at their news conference. We will move past the stop start piecemeal way of backing ukraine, so that alongside our long term security guarantee, we are today providing a long term Funding Guarantee of at least the current level of Military Support to ukraine for every year it is needed. That is the longest commitment any nation has provided, and it shows that ukraine is not alone and ukraine will never be alone. A decade ago, as russian tanks rolled into crimea and the fight against them raged across the middle east, nato allies came together in wales and reached a historic agreement to increase their Defence Budgets to 2 of gdp. Back then, the uk was one of only four countries who did so. We cannot keep expecting america to pay any price or bear any burden if we ourselves are unwilling to make greater sacrifices for our own security. So im proud that the United Kingdom is increasing our Defence Spending to £87 billion a year. The biggest strengthening of our National Defence in a generation. Guaranteeing our position as the second largest defence power in nato after the us. Standing next to him was the nato secretary general. Nato is good for europe, but a strong nato is also good for the United States. I expect that regardless of the outcome of the elections in the us later this year, the us will remain a staunch and loyal ally, at least for three reasons. It is the Security Interest of the United States to have nato and to have more than 30 friends and allies. The that makes also the United States stronger and safer. Lets speak to former british army colonel, hamish de Bretton Gordon thank you for coming out to the programme. What do you make of that announcement by the Prime Minister, 2. 5 of the gdp will now be spent on defence by 2030. 2. 596 of the gdp will now be spent on defence by 2030. Welcome i think on the face of it defence by 2030. Welcome i think on the face of it is defence by 2030. Welcome i think on the face of it is a defence by 2030. Welcome i think on the face of it is a really defence by 2030. Welcome i think on the face of it is a really positive the face of it is a really positive announcement, and it is clear that our conventional defence is not really doing thejob our conventional defence is not really doing the job that it should do. As the Prime Minister said, really since the end of the cold war, we have let it slip and we had a defence that when putin looks across, it does not deter him. Also if it encourages the other nato countries to start spending more on defence, we have a much more credible nato in which to hold back putin. I think its also very important to put our Defence Industry in a war footing. The russians did this two or three years ago and literally turning Tractor Factory into tank factories. I think its a realisation that there is a very real possibility, if ukraine doesnt prevail we in nato are going to be drawn directly into the fight. Air defence missiles is crucial we get them to them as soon as possible, i would like to see the rise possible, i would like to see the ris ,. ,. , possible, i would like to see the ris ,. ,. , possible, i would like to see the ris. ,. , rise you alluded to some of it there, rise you alluded to some of it there. 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Quite frankly, we shouldve done it two years ago on the 2ath of february 2022, but we need to catch up and lets hope our nato allies will f