A migrant boat capsized in the English Channel, three dozen into the water. It can now be revealed that there are 8 be fatalities. Four of these have been brought back to land and four others are now outstanding and feared dead.
Border Force, lifeboats, and a Royal Navy patrol vessel have been joined by French fishing boats and two coastguard helicopters in the operation off the Kent coast near Dungeness and many remain on the lookout for what has now turned into a recovery operation.