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The first Pat Brewin knew about her sister and brother-in-law being shipwrecked at sea in a dinghy and rubber life raft - tied together for nearly four months - was when she watched the News at 10.

NGO monitoring aircraft Seabird reportedly spotted an empty rubber dinghy near the platform on 1 March.

One advert shows an image of a destroyed dinghy floating in the water and testimony from a man saying "the boat was too crowded" and "people disappeared into the sea".

All of this kit and other tools aim to stop three things from coming together: migrants, the flimsy dinghies and the low-powered engines to power a crossing.

Nearing the shore the dinghy was cut to shreds on a rocky, razor sharp reef.