What’s life like for migrant children trying to come to the UK


Nearly 20,000 people arrived in the UK in the first half of this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats, up by almost 50% from the same period last year.

BBC Newsround correspondent Jenny Lawrence went to Calais to find out why so many people, including children try to make the dangerous crossing from France daily.

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