SEVENTY FOUR migrants are detained after border patrol stop eight boats ...

Seventy-four people including several children have been detained by the Border Force after eight boats tried to cross the Channel.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid described the incident as 'concerning', after the vessels were intercepted by officials off the UK coast on Saturday.

Only one of the eight vessels made it to shore, landing at Winchelsea Caravan Park beach, East Sussex. 

Two other vessels were stopped in France by the authorities there.

It was previously reported 13 had been intercepted on Saturday but HM Coastguard said that was an error. 

MPs last night warned that the UK is facing a 'summer of chaos' over migrant boats, warning that vessels crossing the Channel could reach record levels. 

An unprecedented amount of illegal immigrants arrive in the Kent Coast today including men, women and children

An unprecedented amount of illegal immigrants arrive in the Kent Coast today including men, women and children

All those detained have been assessed and cleared by medical staff and are now being processed by immigration officials, the Home Office said.

It said the nationalities of the detainees are still being determined, and a criminal investigation has been launched.

Mr Javid said: 'The number of migrants crossing the Channel overnight is deeply concerning and I'm receiving regular updates on the situation.

'Those who choose to make this dangerous journey across one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world are putting their lives in grave danger - and I will continue to do all I can to stop them.'

He said the UK Border Force had stepped up its activity out of the Joint Co-ordination and Information Centre in Calais.

All those detained have been assessed and cleared by medical staff and are now being processed by immigration officials, the Home Office said

All those detained have been assessed and cleared by medical staff and are now being processed by immigration officials, the Home Office said

Mr Javid added: 'It is an established principle that those in need of protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, and since January more than 30 people who arrived illegally in the UK in small boats have been returned to Europe.

'We will continue to seek to return anyone who has entered the UK illegally.' 

Border Force vessels, RNLI lifeboats from Dover, Dungeness and Rye and coastguard rescue teams from Folkestone, Langdon and Rye Bay were involved in the response.

Images of men being given blankets by emergency service workers on Winchelsea beach have been shared on Twitter.

A spokesman for Kent Police said it had provided support to the Border Force.

Kent MP Charlie Elphicke claimed the events would mean 'a record number of boats arriving in a single day'.

Only one of the eight vessels made it to shore, landing at Winchelsea Caravan Park beach, East Sussex

Only one of the eight vessels made it to shore, landing at Winchelsea Caravan Park beach, East Sussex

Home Secretary Sajid Javid said he was deeply concerned after hearing about the migrant boats

Home Secretary Sajid Javid said he was deeply concerned after hearing about the migrant boats

He added on Twitter: 'This crisis was meant to have been dealt with at Christmas, yet numbers continue to rise.

'It looks set to surge to record levels through the summer.

'The Home Office needs to get a grip on this crisis.'   

One of the boats, which had eight migrants on board, managed to arrive on the coast without being picked up by the Border Force.

Officials handed the men, women and children blankets and bottles of water before they were offered medical assistance. 

One migrant was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia.  

A group of 30 migrants on several boats were intercepted this morning attempting to cross the English Channel by UK Border Force

A group of 30 migrants on several boats were intercepted this morning attempting to

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