'They asked God, help us' 🔴Sinking Channel migrant boat sent distress calls but no help arrived - on the same night another vessel capsized, killing four people.
: “We were approximately 50 people, including the three children, and one woman. There were more than five to 10 people who were underage; 15, 16 years old.
“People were crying and they were shouting. We were begging people, ‘please give us some space to remove the water’. Those in the “jungle” migrant camps, where he has stayed for a month, are scared of being hurt by trafficking gangs if they turn back to France, he added. Flore Judet, a communications officer with Utopia 56, said that the 112 system often “does not work” and that “all the people working on the border seemed totally overwhelmed”.
A photo sent from Nasir’s boat shows water covering people’s feet as it fills the bottom of the vessel., shows the group huddled together wearing red lifejackets while someone shines a flashlight in the dark.
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