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| Fourteen 'migrants' on dinghies rescued off Kent coast | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 86 suspected Iranian migrants have crossed the Channel. | So far this month 86 suspected Iranian migrants have crossed the Channel. |
| South East Coast Ambulance Service said the patients from both boats were "checked over at the scene". | South East Coast Ambulance Service said the patients from both boats were "checked over at the scene". |
| None of them needed hospital treatment. | None of them needed hospital treatment. |
| Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal, said: "The Home Office say they have stepped up patrols in the South East, yet clearly not enough is being done. | |
| "The numbers we are seeing are unprecedented and deeply concerning." | "The numbers we are seeing are unprecedented and deeply concerning." |
| In a separate incident earlier, the French authorities said a helicopter and rescue ships saved 11 migrants whose boat was in distress off the coast of the French town of Wimereux. | |
| Four were taken to hospital with hypothermia and the others handed over to border police in Calais. | |
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