five people had drowned just off the seafront in the middle of wimereux.s nothing had improved. translation: i can't take it any more. - i've reached a breaking point. we had five dead injanuary here and now the same thing. no—one is fixing things. it's getting worse. i'm so angry. in a makeshift camp along the coast, these migrants were looking for rwanda on a map of africa. most people are aware of britain's plans to deport people there. rwanda, yes? some are worried. rwanda no good. no good? no good. africa... but for many, the risk remains hypothetical and obscure. problem... problem, if you go to rwanda? mm. but you still try, you still try to go to england, yeah? yes. and what of the behaviour of the french police? yesterday, we watched them fail to halt the boat. today, we went back to the spot where so much had gone so badly wrong, so fast. could, should the french police have done more to stop the boat and perhaps save lives? well, they insist that it was too risky to intervene in what was already a very violent, very dangerous situation — that if

five people had drowned just off the seafront in the middle of wimereux.n: i can't take it any more. - i've reached a breaking point. we had five dead injanuary here and now the same thing. no—one is fixing things. it's getting worse. i'm so angry. in a makeshift camp along the coast, these migrants were looking for rwanda on a map of africa. most people are aware of britain's plans to deport people there. rwanda, yes? some are worried. rwanda no good. no good? no good. africa... but for many, the risk remains hypothetical and obscure. problem... problem, if you go to rwanda? mm. but you still try, you still try to go to england, yeah? yes. and what of the behaviour of the french police? yesterday, we watched them fail to halt the boat. today, we went back to the spot where so much had gone so badly wrong, so fast. could, should the french police have done more to stop the boat and perhaps save lives? well, they insist that it was too risky to intervene in what was already a very violent, very dangerous situation — that if they had tried to stop the migran

a number, a small number of boats set off from the beach at wimereux . one got into wimereux.to significant difficulties . it's significant difficulties. it's believed that the boat got stranded for a while on a sandbank , managed to free sandbank, managed to free itself, but then there was some kind of movement on the boat in which a number of people toppled into the water, and then a big search and rescue operation underway involving several helicopters and various maritime rescue vessels . five people have rescue vessels. five people have been confirmed dead. three men, a woman and a young child. we believe a four year old girl. now, as i say in addition to this tragedy, we have the steady flow of migrants continuing to make this illegal journey across the english channel. four set off. well, actually, more than that, about six boats set off. a couple have had to turn back because of the weather conditions, but for have three of them have made it to uk waters , another one is just waters, another one is just about to make it to uk waters already. the border force defender h

it was around 5 wimereux, which is north of berlin. it was around 5 am. local time when french authorities reported that a migrant boat attempted to get into the water. very overcrowded . more than 100 people on board that boat, according to the french coastguard. now the french coastguard. now the french coastguard. now the french coastguard have also confirmed that the boat got stranded. it appears on a sandbank for a while. it then shifted there was a movement of people on board the boat which endedin people on board the boat which ended in some of those people entering the water were told that at this stage the those who died were three men, a woman and a young child. it's believed that a number of others were taken to hospital as well, as they were rescued from the water from the pitch black water, of course, cause still not yet first light. when this incident unfolded . and so the latest unfolded. and so the latest tragedy taking the number who have drowned so far this year to 14 as they attempt to make that illegal crossing to t

our correspondent andrew harding was on that beach near wimereux in the early hours of this morning filmingpolice ran towards the scene. here's his report. a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, we'rejust running to catch up with some migrants here. the police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. it turns violent. and the police are failing. the boat is dangerously overloaded. it looks like the migrants who did get onto that boat are in trouble. but as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven—year—old girl. to understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. the forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. young men from syria, from sudan, none put off by news that they might end up being deported from britain to rwanda. are you worried that you might be sent to rwanda by the british? "no, if it is safe and i can study in rwanda, then "tha

migrants have died in a separate attempt to cross the english channel from an area near the town of wimereuxthe rwanda bill took four months to clear parliament because of a stand off with the house of lords. it's a relief for prime minister rishi sunak — who hopes that, barring any last—minute legal objections, flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year. to more than 50,000 a week ago. we'll be live in downing street, calais and at the uk port of dover in the next few minutes — but first, let's speak to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher, who's in the rwandan capital kigali. barbara? we have actuallyjust barbara? we have actually “ust received a fi barbara? we have actually “ust received a statement �* barbara? we have actually “ust received a statement from h barbara? we have actuallyjust received a statement from the | received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. the government spokesman said we are pleas

now, according to french authorities, more than 100 people got onto a boat here in wimereux — that's around 6am local time. that's 5am in the uk. and a bbc crew saw the people getting on board the boat before it made its way across the channel. small boats like these, they don't typically have trackers on board, so we can't trace theirjourneys. that means we can't verify independently what happened to the boat after it set sail in wimereux, but we can identify the approximate area where this rescue operation happened. now, here is a still from marine traffic. it's a vessel tracking service, and it shows several ships that you can see here from the french coastguard that scrambled to the area in the early hours of this morning. a few of these french vessels were small inflatable boats. we know these are often used to quickly look for survivors in incidents like this one. so this is likely the area where the incident happened, based on those ship movements. another aspect is the weather. so if you look at forecasts at the time, it shows that conditions were clear, but the air temperatu

the french coastguard said the small, overloaded boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereuxon tuesday morning. authorities have also been carrying out several

the boat set sail from the plage des allemands in wimereux with an unprecedented 112 people on board.from the coast, the engine stopped and several people fell into the water. the abeille normandie patrol boat was immediately tasked by the maritime prefect to rescue the shipwrecked crew. look at where this is happening. france, people trying to get from france, people trying to get from france to the uk. we have calais here, and just so there, where this incident took place, one of our correspondence was also at calais. so this is a separate incident, take a look what happened here. this boat appeared to be on the head water down there. it came across, it was tracked by a large naval vessel, which is just out there, blocking the way to the uk and bass boat got blown back into shorter, and as that happens, from the dunes, a very large group of about a0 migrants with children came across the sand, and as you can see now, are trying to get onto the boat, which was i have to say already crowded before they arrived and tried to climb on board. as you can see, they are trying to push the bo

the five migrants were on one of a small number of packed boats that pushed off the beach at wimereuxn france on tuesday morning . scotland's first morning. scotland's first minister is facing a leadership contest after his former allies in the scottish greens said they'll vote against him in a motion of no confidence. the decision follows the collapse of snp's power sharing deal with the greens yesterday, leaving mr yousaf in charge of a minority government. the greens are said to have been angered when scotland's nhs paused offering puberty blockers to those under the age of 18 and the abandonment of the country's emissions target. a vote against mr yousaf wouldn't automatically end his term as first minister, but it would throw doubt over his ability to govern and the world's first personal vaccine for skin cancer is being tested on a british patient. it works by telling the body to hunt down cancer cells, and also has the potential to stop lung, bladder and kidney cancers. the jab uses the same technology as the covid vaccines and is designed to trigger the body's immune system. t

the five migrants were on one of several packed boats that pushed off from the beach of wimereux in france on tuesday morning in the us, the actress ashley judd says the overturning of harvey weinstein's rape conviction is an institute national betrayal. her allegation of sexual assault by the hollywood producer helped spark the metoo movement. a major film star in the 1990s, she sued weinstein in 2018, claiming he damaged her career after she rejected his advances. his 2020 rape conviction was overturned yesterday after a new york court ruled that he didn't receive a fair trial . the receive a fair trial. the district attorney will now determine whether to seek a retrial, though he remains in prison for other crimes. retrial, though he remains in prison for other crimes . ashley prison for other crimes. ashley judd says the courts haven't served the needs of victims . served the needs of victims. >> is this today is an act of institution betrayal and our institutions betray survivors of male sexual violence. i stand shoulder to shoulder with women who have bloody knees because male sexual

got into difficulties off wimereux beach earlier near boulogne.ts were rescued , with at migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill in hospital. five other small boats have now been received by border force and the dover lifeboat, with migrants transported to the processing centre in dover harbour. a further two small boats are currently in french waters and making steady progress towards uk territorial waters. well, the prime minister has announced plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. during a trip to poland, rishi sunak said the budget will reach £87 billion by the end of the decade, addressing troops in a military hangan addressing troops in a military hangar, he also said the uk defence industry will be put on a war footing. mr sunak described the plans as the biggest strengthening of our national defence in a generation. >> as churchill said in 1934, to urge the preparation of defence is not to insert the imminence of war. on the contrary, if war was imminent, preparations for defence would be too late.

the french coastguard say the small boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereux, south, on tuesday morning. authorities have been carrying out several search—and—rescue operations at sea, linked to other attempts to cross the channel. 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. let's take a look at what he witnessed — as that ill—fated crossing began. there's a real battle going on on the beach here. must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water. they're letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. they're trying to stop them from getting to the water. let's go ahead and see what we can see. you can see the smugglers her

the french coastguard said there 110 people on board this dingy when it set off from wimereux, just south crew that was filming on the beaches, saw the migrants getting into that boat. andrew harding reports. we had to a popular launch site for small boats and sit for hours in moonlight and wait. somebody is walking there. i can hear somebody walking nearby there. to shadows almost certainly smugglers come to check we are not police. above us a police plane circles. we have arranged for a bbc cameraman to be on board. the crew spot to groups of migrants on their thermal imaging camera. they are in the sand dunes and moving towards each other. on the beach a french foot patrol quickly arrives. surely the migrants will give up surely the migrants will give up now. but they don't. suddenly the beach erupts, shouting. 0k, we are running with the police as we try to intercept a group of looks like 60 or 70 migrants. intercept a group of looks like 60 or70 migrants. now intercept a group of looks like 60 or 70 migrants. now things turn violent. fireworks thrown at the police. several young man

reveal that more than 250 others have crossed to the uk on a small boat, got into difficulties off wimereux near boulogne, before 2 am. a number of other migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill in hospital . five critically ill in hospital. five other small boats have now been received by border force and dover lifeboat, with migrants transported to the processing centre in dover harbour . a centre in dover harbour. a further two boats were seen heading towards uk waters . heading towards uk waters. police were faced with violence at the saint george's day event in whitehall this afternoon, when a group tried to force its way through a cordon mounted officers on horses needed to intervene when the group broke through a police barrier. the force earlier said it expected some, quote, far right groups and groups linked to football clubs, end quote, to attend that event. clubs, end quote, to attend that event . police say six people event. police say six people have been arrested . for the have been arrested. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the

mr wimereux did not give a reason for the offer, though there was nothing unpleasant or rude about the asked the question. i mean, it seems ridiculous he's 66. his colleagues were worried about his health. i mean, would you be off? would you be offended if somebody offered you a chair? >> no. absolutely not. i'd be very i mean, you very grateful. i mean, you cannot this stuff it cannot make this stuff up. it seems be sued for seems like you can be sued for absolutely anything. you'll be sued be sued sued for. probably be sued for breathing someone. breathing on someone. at this rate, mean, insane. yeah. rate, i mean, it's insane. yeah. >> mean, well, this is is >> i mean, well, this is this is the of equality that's the sort of equality act that's supposed there to, to make supposed to be there to, to make sure are treated well. sure people are treated well. but this case, it but in this case, andrew, it seems that it's, it's seems to be that it's, it's actually rid of chivalry actually getting rid of chivalry and getting rid of manners. >> there are nuances to this story which are sli

migrants aboard a dinghy bound for the uk.the bbc�*s andrew harding has returned to the beach in wimereuxmorning on tuesday, still pretty much pitch dark— we were sitting on these rocks, waiting quietly for something to happen. suddenly, there was shouts and within seconds, scenes of total chaos. we knew there were migrants nearby because a bbc colleague was actually in a french surveillance plane with the police, and their thermal imaging cameras had recorded several groups of migrants in the dunes. what�*s striking now is quite how quickly it all happened. there was a big group of migrants who�*d come from those dunes and they were running as fast as they could with their inflatable boat towards the open sea, police chasing them. there�*s another group here. the french police were here. they could see them. they were chasing them. but there simply wasn�*t enough time for them to get between the land and the sea and block the boat to get to the water. they�*re letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them. as we got closer to the water and to the migrants, it became

we think that it was at wimereux which is between boulogne and calais, where the migrants both live andpe to get to the uk, we have some details of those. the people who have died in the incident. there will be questions about what might have happened. we saw a different boat on a different beach leaving this morning absolutely rammed with people. it was a very small inflatable boat. the police were there and were trying to stop people getting on the boat, but the boat did get away. the police made no attempt to stop them. it did look to us as though they were struggling to get out into the english channel. it was a very busy morning. we are trying to find out what the migrants think about the passing of the bill. irate what the migrants think about the passing of the bill.— passing of the bill. we are seeing some pictures — passing of the bill. we are seeing some pictures from _ passing of the bill. we are seeing some pictures from across - passing of the bill. we are seeing some pictures from across the . some pictures from across the channel in dover. we can see migrants being taken

correspondent andrew harding was on that beach in the early hours of this morning — just north of wimereux as police ran towards the people smugglers and those who had paid them to cross. they'd only been at sea a short time when they got into difficulty. well, we can join andrew now. good evening. the smugglers in this area have accessed almost 150 miles of coastline from which to launch their small boats which makes it very rare and very difficult to actually witness one of those launches as it happens but that is what happened to us in the early hours of this morning, on a big beautiful beach close to a french golf resort. shouting a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, we'rejust running to catch up with some migrants here. the police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. it turns violent. and the police are failing. the boat is dangerously overloaded. it looks like the migrants who did get onto that boat are in trouble. but as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven—year—old girl. to understand how this happened, we ne

correspondent andrew harding was on that beach in the early hours of this morning just north of wimereux, filming as police ran towards the people smugglers and migrants. they'd only been at sea a short time when disaster struck. here's his report. a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, we'rejust running to catch up with some migrants here. the police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. it turns violent. and the police are failing. the boat is dangerously overloaded. it looks like the migrants who did get onto that boat are in trouble. but as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven—year—old girl. to understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. the forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. young men from syria, from sudan, none put off by news that they might end up being deported from britain to rwanda. are you worried that you

we are told the boat got stranded on a sandbank shortly after setting off from a beach in wimereux inre towards boulogne. after being struck on the sandbank it managed to relaunch into the water but there was some sort of incident involving the crowd, as french authorities call it, on board the boat, and we are told five people lost their lives, among them three men, a woman and a young child. another reminder that even though it looks very calm out there in the channel, and you can see france in the distance pretty clearly, when things go wrong they can go drastically wrong very quickly, particularly when there are so many people on board these boats which are often manufactured to be very low degree to save money for the people smugglers organising these crossings. before today we knew that nine people had died attempting the crossing so far this year, but that figure has gone up by another five today. the year, but that figure has gone up by anotherfive today. the british government and no doubt the french authorities will say this is another reminder of the need to stop people ris

, happened is so idris wimereux, the him if he the manager, asked him if he wanted a chair when he hadn't >> that just sounds like sort of bafic >> that just sounds like sort of basic politeness. mr basic politeness. and so mr rowe, was the rowe, who was was the complainant, replied that he did not want one. and mr beaumont didn't give reason for the didn't give a reason for the offer, was offer, although there was nothing or rude about nothing unpleasant or rude about the he asked question. the way he asked the question. i mean, that's somebody being nice. >> well, it's more than that because he'd had surgery , because the he'd had surgery, right? so he had health issues. he moving to he was moving to a new department, this guy had department, but this guy had this of conspiracy this kind of conspiracy theory idea it was valid or idea whether it was valid or not, that they were trying to get people to retire by 66. and he was 66. and so they were kind of trying they did, then they sort said that he'd left, sort of said that he'd left, like, and they kind of fired him basically because he

the french coastguard said there 110 people on board this dingy when it set off from wimereux, just southf calais. the search—and—rescue operations have been continuing all day. a bbc crew that was filming on the beaches, saw the migrants getting into that boat. reports say that shortly after it went into the sea the engine failed. andrew harding reports. a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, we'rejust running to catch up with some migrants here. the police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. it turns violent. and the police are failing. the boat is dangerously overloaded. it looks like the migrants who did get onto that boat are in trouble. but as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven—year—old girl. to understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. the forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. young men from syria, from sudan,

the french coastguard say the small boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereux, southed migrants on several beaches trying to get

we'll have more about the bill shortly, first let's go to wimereux near calais — our correspondent tomonds is there: yes, jane. you can see the weather is very calm today. the sea is flat, there is plenty of visibility in the skies are relatively clear. it is perfect whether, as people—smugglers and migrants would see it, for crossing the channel to get to the uk, and that is what has been happening, several launches of boats from beaches. this is normally uncovered sand when the tide is out. that was what happened here earlier this morning, watched by a bbc team. a boat was launched, and people tried to get onto it, large numbers of people, about 110 or 112 tried to climb onto the boat. the police were here in attendance. what happened next was a fight between some of the migrants and some of the police. 0ur reporter andrew harding watched what happened. there's a real battle going on on the beach here. must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water. they're letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. they're trying to s

the boat which was leaving wimereux, just south of calais had been overloaded with 112 migrants.s motorfailed, causing a panic in which some people were crushed. some fell into the water some were rescued, others were found unconscious in the boat. the authorities have been carrying out search—and—rescue operations at sea through the day. it is still unclear whether the five dead were crushed or if some drowned. our correspondent andrew harding was on the beach when the incident happened. okay. we're just running to catch up with some migrants here. made a break from the dunes, trying to get to the water. police chasing them. there's another group here, more than 100, i'd say, migrants. some sort of fight going on, the police. on a flight to poland today rishi sunak told reporters that his plan to send asylum seekers to rwands will eventually "deter to rwanda will eventually "deter vulnerable migrants from making these perilous crossings". so far all attempts to break the business model of the criminal gangs has failed — and as andrew witnessed this morning once the migrants had

the french coastguard said the small, overloaded boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereuxth of calais on tuesday morning. authorities have also been carrying out several search—and—rescue operations at sea, linked to other attempts to cross the english channel. within just a few hours of the bill going through, the bbc witnessed migrants on multiples beaches trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. these are some of the pictures from one attemptjust after dawn. the uk border force has brought around 70 migrants to shore and a dover lifeboat has been launched after reports of another migrant boat in the channel. our correspondent andrew harding — was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people — including a child — dead. let's ta ke let's take a look at what he witnessed as that elevated crossing began. —— ill—fated crossing began. that does give you a sense of what it must have been like in the early hours of this morning when those migrants were going towards that boat. a short while ago i spoke to andrew about what he witnessed on the beach.

a small boat got into difficulties off wimereux beach near boulogne before 2 am.r of other migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill in hospital . five other small boats hospital. five other small boats have now been received by border force and the dover lifeboat, with migrants transported to the processing centre in dover harbour. a further two boats were seen heading towards uk waters . police were faced with waters. police were faced with violence at a saint george's day eventin violence at a saint george's day event in whitehall this afternoon, when a group tried to force its way through a cordon. mounted officers on horses needed to intervene when the group broke through a police barrier. the force earlier said that it expected some quote , far that it expected some quote, far right groups and groups linked to football clubs to attend the event. police say six people have been arrested . for the have been arrested. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code. it's on your screen right now or go to gb news. com

the five migrants were on one of many packed boats that pushed off from the beach at wimereux in francey morning, shadow chancellor rachel reeves told gb news the government is failing to stop the boats. >> we've got asylum seekers in hotels up and down the country, in hotels that were once used for local functions, for weddings, for graduations and it is not acceptable that the government have lost control of the borders in the way that they have. labour have got a plan to crack down on the criminal gangs at the heart of this , and also at the heart of this, and also to ensure that we properly process the claims and then people who have got no right to be in this country are quickly deported for . deported for. >> and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to . martin. >> thank you sophia. now let's get cracking. and as speculation continues to mount over whether scotland's first minister will stay in post following the collapse of his power sharing agreement with the scottish greens , a d

a small boat got into difficulties off wimereux beach near boulogne before 2 am.ber of other migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill in hospital . five critically ill in hospital. five other small boats have now been received by border force and the dover lifeboat, with migrants transported to the processing centre in dover harbour. a further two boats were seen heading towards uk waters . well, heading towards uk waters. well, police say they were faced with violence at a saint george's day eventin violence at a saint george's day event in whitehall this afternoon, when a group tried to force its way through a cordon. mounted officers on horses needed to intervene when the group broke through a police barrier. the force earlier said it expected some, quote, far right groups and groups linked to football clubs to attend the event. police say six people have been arrested . for the have been arrested. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common shirts. back now to . jacob. >>

a small boat got into difficulties off wimereux beach near boulogne before 2 am.r of other migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill in hospital . five critically ill in hospital. five other small boats have now been received by border force and the dover lifeboat, with migrants transported to the processing centre in dover harbour. a further two boats were seen heading towards uk waters . well, heading towards uk waters. well, police say they were faced with violence at a saint george's day eventin violence at a saint george's day event in whitehall this afternoon, when a group tried to force its way through a cordon. mounted officers on horses needed to intervene when the group broke through a police barrier. the force earlier said it expected some, quote, far right groups and groups linked to football clubs to attend the event. police say six people have been arrested . for the have been arrested. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common shirts. back now to . jacob. >> yo

occurred l on a boat overloaded with migrants l earlier this morning at around 5am off the coast of wimereuxgdp by the year 2030. he warned that the world is facing its most dangerous time since the end of the cold war — and promised to ramp up the uk's weapons production. the usjustice department says it will pay out almost $1a0 million to victims of the former team usa gymnastics doctor, larry nassar. the settlement comes after claims that the fbi was too slow to act after receiving a number of complaints. nassar was jailed after being convicted of sexually assaulting hundreds of athletes. israel's military has rejected accusations that its forces buried

reveal that more than 250 others have crossed to the uk by a small boat, got into difficulties off wimereuxh near boulogne, before 2 am. a number of other migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill, in hospital . critically ill, in hospital. five other small boats have now been received by border force and dover lifeboat, with migrants transported for processing. a further two boats were seen heading towards uk waters earlier . police were waters earlier. police were faced with violence at a saint george's day event in whitehall this afternoon when a group tried to force its way through a cordon. mounted officers on horses needed to intervene when the group broke through a police barrier . the force earlier said barrier. the force earlier said that it expected some, quote , that it expected some, quote, far right groups and groups unked far right groups and groups linked to football clubs to attend the event. police say six people were arrested . for the people were arrested. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to n

a small boat got into difficulties off wimereux beach near boulogne before 2 am. a number of other migrants were rescued, with at least one now critically ill in hospital . five other small boats hospital. five other small boats have now been received by border force and the dover lifeboat, with migrants transported to the processing centre in dover harbour. a further two boats were seen heading towards uk waters . senior figures from the waters. senior figures from the united nations and the council of europe have criticised the government's plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda, warning that it sets a worrying precedent. the prime minister says nothing will stand in the way of flights getting off the ground after the bill finally passed through parliament late last night. but un officials say it breaches the refugee convention and reduces the ability of british courts to scrutinise removal decisions. labour leader sir keir starmer says the scheme will not work. >> government has lost control of the borders, but this rwanda gimmick is not the way to stop it. it c

. >> he's not going to take this wimereux isla bryson .ou, it is an urgent task because whether it's securing our right. >> well, we're just watching suella braverman there in the corner of your screen and on the right , essentially the chaos, right, essentially the chaos, the press, presumably people who are attending the event, the police are outside currently . it police are outside currently. it really is chaos. just because a conference is taking place in brussels, just because national conservative conference has dared to take place, it should be said that this is a conference that is hosting some eminent names around europe, some controversial names from nigel farage, viktor orban, the prime minister of hungary, suella braverman, the former home secretary of the united kingdom. >> there are speakers from america, speakers from israel and of course, this is a conference that was held not so long ago in westminster, in london the of last london towards the end of last yeah london towards the end of last year. this same conference, nat

so three already, according to our sources, have left that same beach, wimereux beach, north of boulognettempted to leave, dunkirk. one of the boats turned back quite quickly. another one is sitting off dunkirk at the moment, not making much progress, possibly with engine difficulties . so an with engine difficulties. so an indication that whatever the government might do or say the rwanda bill is intended to do in terms of a deterrent, the migrants are , for the moment at migrants are, for the moment at least, still coming. >> mark, thank you very much indeed. and they will continue to come and come. and this is terribly, terribly sad. it has to be said. but you know what? no one cares less these poor people will have died. they'll have died in vain. they had a dream to come to this country. but we cannot solve the problems we cannot solve the problems of this world. we cannot have africa empty, come through europe, and then everyone deposit themselves in this country. it's not going to work. so is rwanda . is the rwanda bill so is rwanda. is the rwanda bill a feasible option , or is it

so the mayor of the french town , the mayor of the french town, wimereux not fluent. tragedy added the penod of tuesday's tragedy added the period of the olympic games is on everyone's mind. along with this coast, we're concerned that policing will be severely impacted. we need men, we need arms. if there had been a sufficient police presence, this tragedy would not have happened. so this concerning news does come the same day as the safety of rwanda bill received official royal assent. but will it help stop the small boats? keir starmer doesn't seem to think so. obviously government has lost control of the borders, but this rwanda gimmick is not the way to stop it. >> it cost an absolute fortune £300 million already. another 50 million either this week or to next remove a few hundred people. that's a drop in the ocean , right? ocean, right? >> so look, in a nutshell , at >> so look, in a nutshell, at the kind of peak migrant season across the channel, it does look as though the french are going to be removing people from those beaches and sending them to paris, which

migrants have died in a separate attempt to cross the english channel from an area near the town of wimereux