The 23-year-old was soaked to the skin and suffering from hypothermia when he was picked up by coastguards after he was spotted drifting near to Sangatte. He told them that his ‘dream’ was to ‘travel to England to start a new life’ and would stop at nothing to get there. His desperate attempt comes as many of the hundreds massing in Calais to get to Britain increasingly put their lives in danger by plunging into the sea.