Sky News' adamparsons on why people are still willing to make the extremely perilous crossing on small boats for a new life in the UK
But today was clear, and it offered a tantalising image. From our boat, somewhere near the middle of the Channel, we could clearly see the coast of France behind us, and the British coast ahead. The white cliffs really do seem to beckon you toward them.The gap between the two countries seems so small. So it's no surprise that so many people, fleeing persecution, war, starvation or other dangers, have decided to cross the Channel to seek asylum in Britain.
And that takes us to our second location - a migrant camp near a cement works in Grande-Synthe. A squalid place where everyone is in transit and where nobody wants to stay; where migrants who are new to the coast can find a people smuggler prepared to sell them a ticket to Britain.We met a group of men from the Punjab region of India. And their story was remarkably timely.
Eventually, they managed to coax their boat to get back near the shore, and then swam back to the beach. It was, one of them told me,"so, so cold". For them, entering Britain"legally" is all but impossible. So the people in these camps go for the only option that seems credible, reasonable and accessible - a small-boat crossing organised by a people smuggler. The risks are simply part of the effort.
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