(BBC) Eight boats with more than 90 migrants on board have been intercepted in the English Channel by UK Border Force and the French authorities.
The first boat stopped by a Border Force vessel off the Kent coast was carrying 13 men and two women, the Home Office said.
Three other boats contained about 30 men and two women. All said they were Iranian, Syrian, Kuwaiti and Iraqi.
French officials intercepted four more boats, with 44 migrants on board.
Those on board the boats stopped by Border Force were taken to Dover and transferred to immigration officials.
