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More than 20 migrants detained in Kent | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Some 23 migrants, including three children, have been detained in Kent after crossing the Channel in small boats. | |
Nine were found on a beach in Folkestone, six at Dover and eight rescued off the coast nearby. | |
French authorities also rescued 11 people, five of whom were suffering from hypothermia, from a small boat. | |
On Boxing Day, three migrants were brought ashore by the Border Force. Forty were rescued on Christmas Day. | |
Lifeboat crews were sent from Dover and Littlestone-on-Sea to Sandgate, Folkestone, at 00:45 GMT. | Lifeboat crews were sent from Dover and Littlestone-on-Sea to Sandgate, Folkestone, at 00:45 GMT. |
Charlie Davies, operations manager of Littlestone-on-Sea RNLI, said it was called to reports of a "craft off the beach at Sandgate", but the boat had landed by the time they arrived. | Charlie Davies, operations manager of Littlestone-on-Sea RNLI, said it was called to reports of a "craft off the beach at Sandgate", but the boat had landed by the time they arrived. |
"The people on the boat had got on the beach, but they were met by Border Force and Kent Police," he said. | "The people on the boat had got on the beach, but they were met by Border Force and Kent Police," he said. |
He said the craft was a 4m (13ft) rigid-hulled inflatable boat with an outboard motor. | He said the craft was a 4m (13ft) rigid-hulled inflatable boat with an outboard motor. |
The boat's occupants - five men, one woman, two boys and a girl - were detained by Border Force officers. | |
The Home Office said Border Force officers were "deployed to attend on shore" in Folkestone and detained nine migrants, who are "being processed in line with the Immigration Rules". | |
Separately, the Border Force assisted with a small boat at Dover on Thursday, the Home Office said. | |
At about 08:45 an inflatable boat carrying eight adult male Iranian migrants was spotted. | |
All were brought to shore for medical assessment and transferred to immigration officials for interview. | |
Six Iranian migrants were earlier detained on Shakespeare Beach in Dover at about 08:30. | |
French authorities said several passenger ships reported a small boat in French waters off the coast of Calais between 22:40 GMT and 23:40 GMT. | French authorities said several passenger ships reported a small boat in French waters off the coast of Calais between 22:40 GMT and 23:40 GMT. |
Eleven adults, five of whom were suffering from hypothermia, were rescued by the gendarmerie maritime at 00:45 GMT. They were taken to Boulogne. | Eleven adults, five of whom were suffering from hypothermia, were rescued by the gendarmerie maritime at 00:45 GMT. They were taken to Boulogne. |