Asylum seekers have told of terrifying journeys crossing the Channel in flimsy plywood boats, with one claiming he was made to help build the makeshift dinghy shortly before setting off from the French coast
.increasingly packing people into DIY boats made from MDF and plywood to reach the UKAkhtar*, who is 19 and from Afghanistan, said he had tried to cross the Channel 14 times before reaching the UK in January 2022.
“In the bottom it is like wood, but it’s not real wood. It’s like a board, it’s very thin,” he said. “When it comes its not a complete boat. It comes in parts, and they fix it near to the sea. If a single part is missing, everyone is finished. They make them in one hour, quickly. It’s very dangerous. I still can’t believe myself that I’ve done this.”
He made an asylum application when his boat was intercepted and he was taken to Dover, but still does not have an answer on his asylum claim. According to Government data,
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