02:27A rally in honor of the 27 migrants who died in attempting to cross the English Channel took place in central Paris on Thursday.
Hundreds gathered at the Place de La Republique showing signs, with some lighting candles for the deceased. "Nobody puts their children on a boat unless the water is safer than the land," a sign in the protest read.
On Wednesday, November 24, a dinghy carrying 30 asylum seekers capsized, killing at least 27 people as they made a perilous crossing of the English Channel.
The number of people who have crossed the English Channel to the UK tripled since 2020, with more than 25,500 arrivals this year so far, according to statistics from the British Home Office.
France: Hundreds rally in Paris in honour of migrants who died crossing English Channel
A rally in honor of the 27 migrants who died in attempting to cross the English Channel took place in central Paris on Thursday.
Hundreds gathered at the Place de La Republique showing signs, with some lighting candles for the deceased. "Nobody puts their children on a boat unless the water is safer than the land," a sign in the protest read.
On Wednesday, November 24, a dinghy carrying 30 asylum seekers capsized, killing at least 27 people as they made a perilous crossing of the English Channel.
The number of people who have crossed the English Channel to the UK tripled since 2020, with more than 25,500 arrivals this year so far, according to statistics from the British Home Office.
A rally in honor of the 27 migrants who died in attempting to cross the English Channel took place in central Paris on Thursday.
Hundreds gathered at the Place de La Republique showing signs, with some lighting candles for the deceased. "Nobody puts their children on a boat unless the water is safer than the land," a sign in the protest read.
On Wednesday, November 24, a dinghy carrying 30 asylum seekers capsized, killing at least 27 people as they made a perilous crossing of the English Channel.
The number of people who have crossed the English Channel to the UK tripled since 2020, with more than 25,500 arrivals this year so far, according to statistics from the British Home Office.