AFP Photo - Photographer sameer_aldoumy witnessed a dramatic embarkation of people into the Channel at Gravelines, near Dunkirk⁣ ⁣ Water up to their waist, they try to pull themselves onto the bumpy boat. Migrants left the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France on Wednesday to attempt the clandestine crossing to England.⁣ ⁣ Since the beginning of the year, more than 33,500 people have already made the perilous crossing of the English Channel, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, where more than 400 commercial ships pass each day. #photojournalism #photojournalisme #photojournalist