A boat carrying migrants could be seen off the coast of Gravelines in northern France on Friday morning as a family and dog walkers enjoyed the sunny weather on the beach.A French authority boat followed the dinghy closely as it travelled along the coast passing big ships such as a DFDS ferry, and a French border control helicopter flew overhead.It comes as Yvette Cooper told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was "totally appalling" that children were being "crushed to death on these overcrowded

A boat carrying migrants could be seen off the coast of Gravelines in northern France on Friday morning as a family and dog walkers enjoyed the sunny weather on the beach.A French authority boat followed the dinghy closely as it travelled along the coast passing big ships such as a DFDS ferry, and a French border control helicopter flew overhead.It comes as Yvette Cooper told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was "totally appalling" that children were being "crushed to death on these overcrowded boats, and yet the boat still continues to the UK".