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A migrant who tragically drowned while crossing the Channel was making his third attempt to reach Britain after being recently denied asylum in France, his friends and family have revealed.

Abdulfatah Hamdallah died after the 3ft dinghy he and a friend were in was punctured by the shovels they were using as oars.

His friend somehow survived. But Mr Hamdallah, from Sudan, could not swim and his body was later found washed up on a beach at Sangatte.