“Look, it happened there.
Right next to this boat that has been abandoned for years.
Humanly, it's hard.
These people leave their countries, travel thousands of kilometers and, so close to their goal, they try every solution to cross the Channel.
So, they do not hesitate to get off the boats before the locks and get back on afterwards.
» The mayor of Watten (North), Daniel Deschodt, is still in shock after the death by drowning on Sunday March 3 of Roula, 7 years old, on the Aa canal after the capsize of a small boat.
Sixteen migrants were on board and yet Watten is around thirty kilometers from the mouth of the English Channel, via the Calais canal.
Despite everything, they hoped to succeed in reaching the United Kingdom, the El Dorado which allows them to work immediately.
It was a walker who raised the alarm.
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