(BBC) More than 60 migrants have been picked up while attempting to cross the Channel in small boats.
Forty-nine people in four boats were met by Border Force and brought to England, while a further two boats were dealt with by French authorities.
The Home Office said it would try to return anyone who arrived in the UK illegally back to mainland Europe.
Charity workers said the government’s “tough talk” was “extremely irresponsible.”
A search-and-rescue operation was launched in the early hours, with a coastguard helicopter, aeroplane and two Border Force vessels taking part.
