Dozens of migrants were seen wading neck-deep into the sea off Calais to board a dinghy to cross the English Channel to reach Britain today as temperatures soared.
Pictures showed women, children, and men in orange life jackets attempting to climb onto a small rubber boat in the water on France's north coast.
But officers in diving gear could be seen watching on from the shore and a rescue boat as the migrants were stopped and led back to the Petit-Fort-Philippe beach in Gravelines.
Some of the migrants had children sitting on their shoulders while others reached out their hands to help others around them step off the boat and into the water.
In other shocking images, children were seen crying as they were pushed through the Channel with their heads barely held above the water's surface.
