Five persons, including a seven-year-old girl, have died while trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat.
The channel is the shortest crossing to southern England from northern France.
The BBC said it witnessed people scrambling onto the boat, as well as police efforts to stop them.
The incident comes as the UK's Parliament passed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda bill after months of wrangling.
The legislation will see some asylum seekers being sent to the east-central African country to have their claims processed.
Prime Minister Sunak says today's deaths serve as a reminder of why he wants to deter people smugglers.
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