A vigil is held in the French port city of Calais for the eight migrants who died on September 15 trying to cross the Channel from France to England when their overcrowded vessel capsized. The latest tragedy means 46 migrants have lost their lives attempting to reach British shores so far this year, a regional official said, up from 12 in 2023.
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00:00They didn't want me, they didn't want me.
00:26When we got on the boat, it was a very small boat, it didn't take that many people.
00:31People got on the boat without a system.
00:33When people got on the boat, they got on the boat randomly.
00:37People were even jumping on each other.
00:39Some people couldn't get their feet out of the water.
00:43The people with us didn't fall from the sea or anything.
00:46We didn't even know if anyone died or anything like that.
00:51People said it was in the heart of the boat.
00:53But the boat was under a lot of pressure from the people and the people's palace.
00:58So the movement was very slow.
01:00Even after the people's palace, water entered the boat.
01:07We immediately returned to France again.
01:21We've been in Calais for nine months.
01:26I think we're out of words and we're overwhelmed by what's happening.
01:31We're also angry because these are deaths that could have been avoided.
01:36We have more than 46 deaths in 2024, the deadliest year since we started counting.
01:44If we put policies in place, safe and legal ways,
01:50that would allow people not to be forced to risk their lives to reach the United Kingdom,
01:55we could avoid these catastrophes.