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Dozens of migrants have been rescued from the English Channel amid rough seas and brought to Britain overnight.
Pictures show a Lifeboat and Border Force vessel at the Port of Dover helping them disembark to be screened at arrival gates.
Around 100 people including babies and small children are believed to have been pulled from just four dinghies.
Dozens of migrants have been rescued from the English Channel amid rough seas and brought to Britain overnight
The dozens of migrants were found in rough conditions after setting off under the cover of darkness from the French coast
Several small children were seen among those rescued this morning by an RNLI lifeboat
The large number of arrivals comes despite the deaths of 27 people, including a pregnant woman, in the Channel last week after their small boat took on water.
The migrants' dinghies are understood to have entered the water at the French commune of Gravelines, just south of Dunkirk, in the early hours this morning.
Reports suggest that a Coastguard Spotter plane was called in from Doncaster after being alerted to 'torches
