Channel migrants: Dinghy in near-miss with ship in English Channel

Migrants on board a dinghy pass close to the path of an oncoming ship as they make the perilous journey across the English Channel.

BBC South East's Political Editor Charlotte Wright spent a week in Dover, Kent, the destination for many of the small boats crossing the Channel.

Footage filmed by local fishermen shows the risks taken as dinghies loaded with people make their way across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

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