Four people die crossing English Channel in boat – including two children

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Channel 4 News published this video item, entitled “Four people die crossing English Channel in boat – including two children” – below is their description.

Five years after images of a small boy, Alan Kurdi, washed up on a Mediterranean beach shocked the world, it has happened again – this time in the English Channel. The two children were on a small boat, carrying more than a dozen people, which got into trouble off the coast near Dunkirk. We’re also joined by Josie Naughton, chief executive of Help Refugees.

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