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Nine migrants are rescued from overloaded dinghy with one life vest between them after engine fails in the middle of the Channel

The nine migrants were pictured drifting in the sea after their engine failed

A group of migrants crammed onto a small boat for the dangerous journey across the Channel have been rescued by UK Border Force after their engine cut out.

The nine asylum seekers were pictured being brought ashore at Dover by a patrol boat just a day after the police clashed with far-right anti-immigrant protesters near the Kent port.

The Home Office has been contacted for further information.

It comes just a day after ten people were arrested following demonstrations in Dover on Saturday, which brought a dual carriageway to a standstill.

 

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