If you're laughing about children dying you've lost your humanity

Yesterday, in the cold September waters of the English Channel, near Sangatte in Pas-de-Calais, three migrants died. Two were reportedly children. During the night, 194 others were rescued and returned to French shores after emergency operations had to be launched.

As of today, a post about the tragedy on the Manchester Evening News Facebook page has received over eight thousand comments.

More than three thousand readers responded to the deaths of the children with a laughing emoji. The comments beneath are beyond dark.

One reader, Ian, wrote: “fish gotta eat.” Delia, whose profile picture shows a smiling child, added: “good, less mouths to feed.” Another, Matt, said: “best news I’ve heard all week.”

Mark wrote: “nobody’s interested.” Jamahl responded: “only three? That’s a shame.”