Mourning Eritrean mother's anger at Kenyan migrant smugglers over Lake Turkana drowning

A new people-smuggling route opens up crossing a lake into Kenya, but it is proving deadly for some Eritreans.

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Senait Mebrehtu, a Pentecostal Christian Eritrean who had sought asylum in Kenya three years ago, made the pilgrimage to north-western Kenya to see for herself where 14-year-old Hiyab had lost her life last year.

The girl had been travelling with her sister, who survived the late-night crossing over the vast lake, where winds can be powerful.

"If the smugglers told me there was such a big and dangerous lake in Kenya, I wouldn't have let my daughters come this far," Ms Senait told the BBC as she sat on the western shoreline.

Ms Senait had arrived by plane in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on a tourist visa with her two younger children, fleeing religious persecution. But she was not allowed to travel with her two other daughters at the time as they were older and nearer the age of conscription.