Migrant crisis: Footage shows boat attempting to cross Channel

The vessel has been spotted on the day MPs debate the government's plan to send asylum seekers arriving via boats to Rwanda.

Sky News footage of a boat reportedly carrying migrants crossing the Channel

UK/Footage captured by Sky News shows a boat carrying migrants as it attempts to cross the Channel to reach the UK.

The film shows a flimsy blue dinghy, packed with tens of people, floundering as it makes its way across the choppy sea.

It comes after five people were found dead on Sunday after migrants attempted to cross from northern France on a boat.

That boat was spotted in difficulty off a beach in the coastal village of Wimereux, according to French maritime authorities.

The five were recovered from the sea or found washed up along the beach.

It also comes as MPs enter a second day of debate on the government's controversial Rwanda bill.