Video footage captured the moment a man abandoned a child before scrambling onto a dinghy in France – as it was confirmed nearly 800 small-boat migrants reached Britain in a single day.
Harrowing and chaotic footage recorded off a beach in France shows the man clutching a toddler as he attempts to board the small boat.
In chest-deep water, and amid heavy swell, he then lets go of the child who is left floating in the sea for a few seconds, face up.
An illegal migrant leaves behind a small child behind in the water in order to try to get himself onto a dinghy setting off from France for the UK pic.twitter.com/MYsXKwfYlc
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 24, 2026
