Breaking: A 16-year-old Sudanese boy has drowned in the English Channel while trying to reach the UK

French authorities announced the death with "immense sadness" after his body was washed up on Sangatte beach http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/channel-crossings-boy-death-drown-sangatte-beach-france-a9677471.html

UN figures show that more than 19,500 migrants have lost their lives attempting to reach Europe across the Mediterranean Sea since 2014, but the death toll for the English Channel is not formally recorded

Some bodies of those missing are never found at sea

For those questioning the boy's right to asylum - both Sudan and South Sudan are listed as “countries of concern” by the Foreign Office

South Sudan's civil war started in 2013 and Sudan's authorities have been killing and detaining peaceful protesters