French and British rescue boats have been working flat out in the ChannelTwo children were among 40 migrants from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan rescued from five boats in the Channel yesterday. More than 150 people have now been rescued since the beginning of last month. The migrants were discovered in five separate incidents within six hours that involved the Border Force and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The Home Office blamed “organised criminal activity” for what is thought to be the largest number of migrants picked up off the coast in a day. At 6.50am Kent police alerted Border Force…

Source: The Times December 25, 2018 18:22 UTC