journey crossing the english channel on boats made for just a fraction of the passengers this is mohammed sala and up to their names have been changed for their protection the 16 years old intercepted at sea a few weeks ago by the u.k. border force and taken into care all of them came separately and alone off camera they told me how scared they were and how relieved they were to finally reached after years of travelling from sudan here's what they had to say their words have been voiced by an actor to pose for france. from libya it was scary very scary to 2 years to make it here from sudan we all cable road so these are the small boats and dinghies that been swept up by the u.k. border force carrying migrants across the english channel as you can see they're very small indeed usually we're told around 10 people or so but at least double that crammed onto these tiny boats many people are not even wearing life jackets across the world's busiest shipping line at least 20 miles long so when people say it's a life threatening journey it's not an exaggeration we've met a lot of the young people have