By Arthur Martin Asif Hussainkhil, 33, from Kabul, pictured with his makeshift tent in Calais, France, where he was returned by coastguards after trying to sail a homemade raft across the Channel to England Coastguards told him he could have drowned and his friends think he is crazy. But even though his attempt to cross the Channel on a flimsy raft ended in disaster, Afghan migrant Asif Hussainkhil is determined to try again. After recovering from hypothermia brought on by his failed bid to reach Britain, he told the Mail: ‘I will keep trying because it is my destiny to get  to England.’
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Afghan migrant Asif Hussein Khail rescued after trying to cross Channel
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He paddled through the water on a makeshift raft to start a new life in Britain
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Mr Khail had already tried to swim the dangerous waters twice before
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The 33-year-old said: 'I am going to keep trying my luck, by any means'
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The migrants play a nightly game of cat and mouse with the police as they try their luck at getting to @placeholder.