(BBC) Four migrants have tried to cross the English Channel on a makeshift raft made from two windsurfing boards tied together, and using shovels as paddles.
They were spotted in difficulty by a DFDS ferry off Calais at about 06:25 local time, and returned to France after the coastguard was alerted.
Three further vessels carrying a total of 40 migrants did manage to reach UK waters, and were brought to Dover.
At least 1,480 migrants have crossed to the UK during the coronavirus lockdown.
The Home Office said in the first incident on Wednesday, a group of 11 men and four women, who presented themselves as Iranian and Iraqi nationals, were intercepted by a Border Force vessel at about 02:58 BST.
