Migrants attempt to cross the Channel from France - in pictures

  • A Sudanese migrant on the beach at Gravelines, near Dunkirk, after leaving a smuggler's boat which was punctured with a knife by French police officers to prevent an attempt to cross the English Channel. All Photos: AFP
    A Sudanese migrant on the beach at Gravelines, near Dunkirk, after leaving a smuggler's boat which was punctured with a knife by French police officers to prevent an attempt to cross the English Channel. All Photos: AFP
  • French National Police launch tear gas from a vehicle to disperse migrants on the beach of Gravelines.
    French National Police launch tear gas from a vehicle to disperse migrants on the beach of Gravelines.
  • A migrant comforts another person who collapsed after failing to board a smuggler's boat.
    A migrant comforts another person who collapsed after failing to board a smuggler's boat.
  • Migrants in the water at Gravelines trying to board a smuggler's boat.
    Migrants in the water at Gravelines trying to board a smuggler's boat.
  • A Sudanese migrant is helped to the shore by others after failing to board a smuggler's boat.
    A Sudanese migrant is helped to the shore by others after failing to board a smuggler's boat.
  • Migrants walk into the sea.
    Migrants walk into the sea.
  • French National Police officers confiscate a dinghy.
    French National Police officers confiscate a dinghy.