An overloaded migrant boat, crammed with dozens of UK-bound migrants, including babies, has been captured on film motoring away from French coastguard vessels in the English Channel, triggering fears of a potential capsizing and sparking a frantic rescue operation.

The perilous journey began early this morning when the small inflatable boat was launched from Sangette Beach in northern France, according to eyewitnesses. Packed with migrants, including young children and infants, the vessel set off towards UK waters.

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