{"id":258928,"date":"2025-07-04T21:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/calais-why-so-many-risk-small-boats-to-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T21:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:04:45","slug":"calais-why-so-many-risk-small-boats-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/calais-why-so-many-risk-small-boats-to-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Calais: Why so many risk small boats to the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NeIUHrSZ5RQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Calais: Why so many risk small boats to the UK\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NeIUHrSZ5RQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In Calais we speak to some of the thousands of migrants hoping to cross on small boats from northern France into the UK &#8211; risking their lives in the process.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year. 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