'I don't care about any new law..I'll go to England': Migrants from Sudan and ... trends now
Migrants in Calais have vowed to continue their crossings to Britain despite the government's new law to deport illegal entrants to Rwanda.
Groups of men from the Sudan and Eritrea told how they had spent up to two years to reach the English Channel and would not be deterred now.
Some 200 men are living in small makeshift camps close to the busy French ferry port as they try to cross the sea to Britain in small boats or in the back of lorries.
Among them were Sudanese teenagers Meshar and Abdi who told MailOnline they had no idea that a new law passed in Parliament last night meant that they could be deported to Rwanda where their claim for asylum would be assessed.
But they maintained nothing would stop them in their bid to reach the UK - as it was revealed five people including a child are believed to have died in the latest Channel migrant tragedy today.
Eritrean migrants Yamal (left), 20, and 17-year-old Sweb were among those camping in Calais in France intent on crossing the Channel to try to enter the UK
Some 200 men are living in small makeshift camps close to the busy French ferry port
Migrant healthcare worker Alam, 33, from Eritrea told how he felt he had no choice but to continue to try to reach the UK
Meshar, 19, from Darfur, said: 'I don't want to go to Rwanda. I want go to England. I left my home in Sudan a year ago because of the war but my journey is not finished.
'I don't care about a new law. I will go to England. England is a good country.'
Abdi, 17, also from Darfur, said he would not stop until he reached England.
He said: 'I left Sudan a year ago because of the war. I went through the [Sahara] desert to Libya and I took a boat to Italy. It was very difficult. People died.
'I do not know about a new law but I don't care. I don't want to go to Rwanda. I will go to England. England is a safe country. I want to stay in England.'
Migrants from Eritrea told how they had spent up to two years to get to the English Channel and they would not change their plans now.
Sweb, 17, said: 'I left Eritrea two years ago. I travelled through many countries. It was a difficult journey. But I will go to England.
'I don't want to go to Rwanda. I want to go to England. I don't know about a new law. But I am going to England. Nothing will stop me.'
Yamal, 20, also from Eritrea, added: 'I want to go to England. I don't want to go to Rwanda. Everyone here has made a decision to go to England. No one wants to go to Rwanda.'
Healthcare worker Alam, 33, from Eritrea, told how he felt he had no choice but to continue to try to reach Britain, despite the new law.
Migrants in Calais in France have described hoping to make small boat crossings to Britain
MailOnline reporter Nick Fagge spoke to migrants Meshar (centre), 19, and 17-year-old Abdi (right) - both of the teenagers from the Darfur region of Sudan
Eritrean healthcare worker Alam said he did not know about the UK government's Rwanda flights plan but it would not deter him from attempting a crossing of the Channel
Groups of men from the Sudan and Eritrea told how they had spent up to two years to reach the English Channel and would not be deterred now
Yamal (left), 20, and 17-year-old Sweb (right), both from Eritrea, were speaking at their camp in Calais in France where many migrants dwell before trying to cross to Britain
He said: 'I am a healthcare worker, a midwife, I have helped many hundreds of babies come into the world.
'I was living and working in Sudan. But I had to leave a year ago because of the war.
'I want to go to England because it is a safe country. I did not know about a new law about sending refugees to Rwanda - but that will not stop me or anyone else.
'We have all had a long journey across the desert to Libya and across the sea to Italy. Now we are so close to England. No one will stop now.'
The claims come after migrants in Dunkirk in northern France also vowed they would keep attempting new Channel crossings even if deported to Rwanda.
One, given the pseudonym Richard by BBC Breakfast which interviewed him, told how he would try again to get to the UK even if put on a flight to Rwanda.
He insisted: 'Maybe when I will go to Rwanda again - it's difficult. I will come again. I will keep on, the struggle.'
Another, named as James, said: 'My neighbouring country is Rwanda, so if I knew Rwanda was a safe country then I would've gone there because they're my neighbours.
'Because I know that Rwanda can never be safe for me, that's why I risk myself to come through sea and that's why I'm here.'
A third, dubbed Richard by the BBC, said: 'I try my chance - if I was safe or not, if I go to Rwanda or Africa, it's no matter to me. But first I want to go to the UK - it's important.'
People at a migrant camp in Dunkirk, northern France, have insisted the threat of being put on flights to Rwanda to have their asylum applications processed would not put them off
Another migrant at a Dunkirk camp told BBC Breakfast it was 'no matter' to him whether he was deported to Rwanda and how he sees it as 'important' to go to the UK
People camping in Dunkirk, northern France, hoping to try crossing the Channel have described the government's Rwanda flight plans as 'inhumane'
One would-be asylum seeker at a camp in Dunkirk insisted Rwanda was not a safe country
There was tragedy in the early hours of this morning when a small boat carrying more than 110 people set sail from Wimereux in northern France and got into difficulties.
Three men, a woman and a child were killed, according to a French coastguard statement reported by the BBC.
Home Secretary James Cleverly said: 'These tragedies have to stop. I will not accept a status quo which costs so many lives.
'This Government is doing everything we can to end this trade, stop the boats and ultimately break the business model of the evil people smuggling gangs, so they no longer put lives at risk.'
The first asylum seekers are expected to be rounded up and
