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Boat with 80 migrants including children capsizes in the Channel

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Boat with 80 migrants including children capsizes in the Channel

Around 80 migrants with three children on board have been rescued from the English Channel after a boat capsized

Boat with 80 migrants including children capsizes in the Channel

People have been pulled from the water by coastguard and lifeboat crews five miles off the coast of Kent this morning.

There have been no deaths so far and it is unclear whether anyone will need to be taken to hospital.

Three of those who were in the water are understood to be children.

It is not yet clear how the boat got into difficulty.

Boat with 80 migrants including children capsizes in the Channel

A coastguard helicopter and the lifeboats from Dover and Walmer were dispatched for the rescue.

A spokesperson confirmed the coastguard was ‘co-ordinating the response to a small boat incident in the Channel this morning’, adding: ‘Coastguard helicopters from Lydd and Lee-on-Solent and RNLI lifeboats have been sent.’

Border Force vessels Defender and Ranger, along with support ship Taku are on scene.

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