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| Channel migrants: Coastguard lead search and rescue operation | Channel migrants: Coastguard lead search and rescue operation |
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| A search and rescue operation was launched after migrant boats were seen attempting to cross the English Channel. | A search and rescue operation was launched after migrant boats were seen attempting to cross the English Channel. |
| The RNLI sent a lifeboat from Dover at about midnight, with a coastguard helicopter, aeroplane and two Border Force vessels also joining the search. | The RNLI sent a lifeboat from Dover at about midnight, with a coastguard helicopter, aeroplane and two Border Force vessels also joining the search. |
| HM Coastguard said it had been co-ordinating the response to a "number of incidents" off the Kent coast. | HM Coastguard said it had been co-ordinating the response to a "number of incidents" off the Kent coast. |
| Anyone brought to shore would be passed to the relevant authorities, it said. | Anyone brought to shore would be passed to the relevant authorities, it said. |
| French authorities rescued 14 migrants, some of whom were said to be suffering from hypothermia, after a dinghy got into trouble off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer. | |
| They were met by border police and medics on their return to the French port. | |
| More than 1,700 people have crossed the Channel in small boats this year. | More than 1,700 people have crossed the Channel in small boats this year. |
| The Home Office has been contacted for comment. | The Home Office has been contacted for comment. |