Protest calls for safe passage across the English Channel

People take part in a protest outside Downing Street in Westminster (Aaron Chown/PA)

Around 150 people have gathered near 10 Downing Street to protest over the deaths of more than two dozen people who drowned while attempting to cross the English Channel this week.

Twenty-seven people died during the crossing on Wednesday, making it one of the deadliest days of the migrant crisis.