As the overloaded boat - which was designed for a maximum of 40 people - was battered by choppy waters, at least 30 people were flung into the English Channel.

An Egyptian has been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to smuggle 173 migrants into Britain on a single 'mega-dinghy' that burst into flames in the English Channel.

EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror visited northern France where we tracked a group of around 50 migrants, including young children and families, as they made their way to get on an illegal…