On Christmas Day eight migrants, whose engine failed, were picked up off Calais Associated PressThe authorities in Britain and France have rescued more than 40 migrants trying to cross the Channel to the UK in six small boats over two days. Five dinghies carrying 40 people from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan were spotted on Christmas Day and today a boat carrying three migrants, who said that they were Iranian, was intercepted by a French boat. The three were handed over to Border Force agents. They had been spotted on a small semi-rigid boat about 10 miles off the coast of France before being taken ashore at Dover, where they were examined by medical staff and interviewed by immigration officials. “The evidence shows there is organised criminal gang activity behind illegal migration attempts by small boats across the Channel,” a…

Source: The Times December 26, 2018 18:00 UTC