After the worst disaster in the English Channel for some 30 years, The Crossing forensically investigates exactly why at least 31 lives were lost in the busiest shipping lane in the world and challenges the discourse around asylum seekers.
With the families of those who died at the centre, The Crossing establishes who was on board the doomed boat, where they all came from and why they risked everything that night. Material filmed by the victims themselves reveals how separate lives came together days before the tragedy, showing the ways people support each other in the most challenging circumstances. Video and text messages, pieced together, expose key members of the gang responsible for the boat, while testimony from one of only two survivors lays bare the truth of how pleas to emergency services went ignored.
For anyone interested in understanding one of the most potent human and political issues in Europe, The Crossing is a must-watch.
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