The bbc witnessed migrants on several beaches trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. These are some of the pictures from another attempt just after dawn. The Uk Border Force has brought around 70 migrants, inluding young children, ashore. Of thought there could be around of thought there could be around 300 people. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people dead. Lets take a look at what he witnessed as that ill fated crossing began. 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. Lets cross live very briefly to new york, because this is the
on forever taking everyone. obviously, they ve got to go somewhere, so, yeah, perhaps it would be a better idea, rather than come straight into dover all the time. those living in the camp are on long journeys. the english language, family reasons frequently given about why they want to reach the uk. hundreds of people are living in this camp just outside dunkirk in northern france, and they don t seem those we ve spoken to particularly deterred by the idea they could be sent to rwanda if they reach the uk. they accept it might be a risk, but what they tell us is they ve already risked so much to get this far. and many still willing to risk their lives crossing the english channel. a border force ship bringing more people ashore today safe for now, but with uncertain futures. jessica parker, bbc news, in dunkirk, northern france.
today s guided tour also included a meeting with a yemeni refugee who has successfully made his home in the country. the weather is really great the whole year, no change! yeah, i think this is most of the things that i like, many, though, have profound concerns about the practicality, the cost, and the humanity of this deal the british government sending off traumatised asylum seekers halfway around the world to rebuild their lives in a country they ve never been to. rwanda is still a country recovering from genocide half a million people killed in the mid 90s. criticised by the uk for its human rights record last year, this may seem an odd choice of partner to entrust with protecting the human rights of traumatised and vulnerable asylum seekers. israel scrapped a similar arrangement with rwanda in 2018, after it emerged that asylum seekers ended up in the hands of people traffickers. there were accounts of rape,
before it begins. mark easton, bbc news, rwanda. so will this policy stop people from making that treacherous journey across the channel? more than 28,000 people crossed the channel in small boats last year, and this year already looks set to exceed that number. back in 2020, some 8,500 people made thejourney. 0ur correspondentjessica parker has been speaking to some of those who are planning to cross the channel and sent this report from dunkirk. a makeshift village in northern france, sandwiched between woods and railway tracks. men collect firewood, children play games. the long wait for a better life than this. mrjohnson said the scheme would be uncapped. it was literally news to these men that some who reach england could be sent to rwanda. shafi, who tells me he fled afghanistan, says it s double standards. they re welcoming all ukrainian people in their houses, we heard that everyone in the world is welcoming ukrainians in their houses. we were asked a lot of questions