(BBC) More than 130 suspected migrants have attempted to reach the UK from France in the past 24 hours.
The Home Office said the Border Force intercepted a small boat containing 16 suspected migrants off the Kent coast on Monday morning.
Hours earlier, French officials had collected 39 suspected migrants from three small vessels near Boulogne.
On Sunday, 49 people were intercepted in UK waters as well as another 31 in France.
Fifteen males and one female, who said they were Iraqi and Iranian nationals, were picked up from their small rigid inflatable boat at about 07:00 BST on Monday.
