Coast in the early hours leading to the deaths of five of those attempting the crossing, including a child. It happened just hours after mps passed the governments Rwanda Bill Which is designed to deter people from attempting crossings like this. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on that beach in the early hours of this morning just north of Wimereux Filming as police ran towards the people smugglers and those who had paid them to cross. Theyd only been at sea a short time when they got into difficulty. Well, we can join andrew now. Good evening. The smugglers in this area have accessed almost 150 miles of coastline from which to launch their small boats which makes it very rare and very difficult to actually witness one of those launches as it happens but that is what happened to us in the early hours of this morning, on a Big Beautiful Beach close to a french golf resort. Shouting a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants
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