Number of migrants to have crossed Channel to Britain in boats this month nears 80

Fourteen people, believed to be migrants, have been rescued from two dinghies off the Kent coast, which would bring the number to have crossed the Channel illegally in boats so far this month to 78.

Seven people were aboard the first dinghy, intercepted by Border Force officers at 1.30am on Thursday off Dover. Six men and one woman, who said they were Iranian, were passed to the immigration service.

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