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Fourteen 'migrants' on dinghies rescued off Kent coast | |
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Fourteen suspected migrants have been rescued from two dinghies off the Kent coast. | |
The first boat was intercepted by Border Force officers off the coast of Dover at about 01:30 GMT, the second was spotted hours later at about 08:25. | |
Six men and one woman, believed to be Iranian, were passed to the immigration service and those from the second boat remain with Border Force officers. | |
So far this month 79 suspected Iranian migrants have crossed the Channel. | |
South East Coast Ambulance Service said the patients from both boats were "checked over at the scene". | |
None of them needed hospital treatment. | |