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Vigil held for those who died trying to cross Channel, migrant shares experience / 36GF6UE
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A vigil is held in the French port city of Calais for the migrants who did trying to cross the Channel from France to England. Eight migrants died on September 15 when their overcrowded vessel capsized. One of those to have been on board was Khames, an Egyptian.
"When we tried to board the boat, it was too small, it wasn't big enough to take all the people who were there," he tells AFP. "Water started to get into the boat because the people were moving too much. We immediately started to turn back towards France."
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. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES