From attempting such crossings. Well have more about the bill shortly, first lets go to wimereux near calais our correspondent tom symonds is there yes, jane. You can see the weather is very calm today. The sea is flat, there is plenty of visibility in the skies are relatively clear. It is perfect whether, as People Smugglers and migrants would see it, for crossing the channel to get to the uk, and that is what has been happening, several launches of boats from beaches. This is normally uncovered sand when the tide is out. That was what happened here earlier this morning, watched by a bbc team. A boat was launched, and people tried to get onto it, large numbers of people, about 110 or 112 tried to climb onto the boat. The police were here in attendance. What happened next was a fight between some of the migrants and some of the police. 0ur reporter Andrew Harding watched what happened. Theres a real battle going on on the beach here. Must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the
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These are some of the latest pictures from our team there. Joining us now on the line, the bbc s tom symonds who has been in calais in Northern France this morning. Lets start with what has happened in the last few hours and those deaths. What more do we know . Were ustt in deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to work deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to work this deaths. What more do we know . Were just trying to work this out. Deaths. What more do we know . , just trying to work this out. They were perfect conditions for the channel. Flat seas and very clear visibility. A large number of boats have tried to get away. There were three potentials crossing is that it started. We think that it was at wimereux which is between boulogne and calais, where the migrants both live and try to escape to get to the uk, we have some details of those. The people who have died in the incident. There will be questions about w
And our Correspondent Simonjones in dover. It isa it is a big question, how does this bill work . To it is a big question, how does this bill work . ,. ,. , bill work . To understand how the bill work . To understand how the bill works or bill work . To understand how the bill works or what bill work . To understand how the bill works or what is bill work . To understand how the bill works or what is soon bill work . To understand how the bill works or what is soon to bill work . To understand how the bill works or what is soon to be. Bill work . To understand how the i bill works or what is soon to be law works, we have to understand the underlying Asylum System that we now have, this is a brand new Assignment System as ofjuly 2023. Very simply it says if a person who wants to claim asylum, that means wants to, they are a refugee, if they come to they are a refugee, if they come to the uk via an irregular or also called a legal route, typically a small boat from france, then they cann