HM Coastguard received reports of an incident at 3.40am on Wednesday and air ambulance also deployed
Anyone making this journey in these temperatures shows “just how desperate people are” said Alex Fraser, British Red Cross director of refugee support.
“Nobody puts their life at risk like this unless they feel they have no other option, and until we have more accessible safe routes for people to claim asylum, there is a danger we may see more such incidents,” said Fraser.