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GRAVELINES, FRANCE - AUGUST 25: A man struggles in deep water as he carries a young child on his shoulders to try and board a migrant dinghy into the English Channel on August 25, 2025 in Gravelines, France. Migrant crossings by boat have caused much controversy in the UK, with far-right groups organising demonstrations outside hotels housing migrants across the country over the summer. As of late August 2025, more than 28,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

‘I am as good as you’: Desperation and anger grow in France’s crowded migrant camps

David Crowe visits northern France, where thousands of migrants wait to cross the Channel and seek asylum – and a better life – in Britain.

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Europe correspondent David Crowe speaks from Loon-Plage and Gravelines about the asylum seekers desperate to cross the English channel.

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