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.
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.
A Sudanese migrant is helped to the shore by others after failing to board a smuggler's boat.
Migrants walk into the sea.
French National Police officers confiscate a dinghy.
Migrants attempt to cross the Channel from France - in pictures
