A freelance photographer in Dover said he counted more than 120 men, women and children being taken off rescue vessels.

Migrants being taken off boat after being rescued by coastguards
Image:Migrants are seen being taken off a boat after being rescued by coastguards.

 

Border Force patrol vessels and local lifeboats have been involved in the rescue of more than 100 migrants in small boats in the English Channel this morning.

At least seven rubber dinghies and a kayak were towed into Dover harbour.

An inquiry has been launched by the Commons home affairs select committee, which wants to scrutinise the role of “criminal gangs” and the UK and French government’s response to the issue.

 

Migrants being rescued by coastguards
Image:More than 120 men, women and children are among those who were rescued

On Thursday, a freelance photographer in Dover said he counted more than 120 men, women and children, including a baby, being taken off Border Force vessels and a lifeboat.

Elsewhere along the Kent coast, at least one small boat made it ashore, landing people on Dungeness beach.

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