This is the Guardian.

Today, more people than ever before are dying in the channel trying to make it to the UK.

Why can't anyone stop it happening?

At about two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, a fishing boat just off the coast of Calais, radioed for help.

The crew on board had spotted several people in the water.

British and French rescue teams scrambled to search the area and two men were taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia.

At least 27 people died.

Among them, there was a pregnant woman and three children.

It's thought that most of the victims were Kurds, fleeing persecution in Iraq and Iran.

There's a picture that came out later of the boat they travelled in.

It's a flimsy grey inflatable, far too fragile to safely make the 21 mile journey across the English Channel.

But they'd been desperate enough to try.

On Thursday morning, more people on more small boats set out to make the same journey.

Why would they take such a risk to reach the UK?

And why if the British government says it wants to make the route unviable,

are more people making these dangerous crossings than ever?

From the Guardian, I'm Hannah Moore.

Today in focus, a tragedy in the channel.

Diane Taylor, for years, you've been speaking to people who want to find refuge in the UK.

And you've reported on the awful news of these deaths this week.

So on a journey like this, where would people be starting out from?

The vast majority of people are camp chowed either in Kalle or Dunkirk.

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