we know this happened well within french waters. we know it actually happened on a canal some 30 kilometres or so from the coastline itself. we have seen footage of the canal in question, the water level is very high. it is a wide waterway, flanked on one side by forests and on the other by some homes. we have also seen footage of emergency services appearing to be by the bow of a small white boat which is jutting up from the water line and alongside that belongings strewn all over the towpath. the authorities in france say the boat was just too small for the number of people, 16, they say, who were trying to board it. then it capsized as people were getting on board. they say that a seven year old died at the scene. they also say a person walking by raise the alarm and there were other children on the boat as well. 0ther children on the boat as well. other siblings of the girl as well as other adults and other children and they are all being cared for any hospital in dunkirk