(BBC) More than 30 migrants have been brought ashore at Dover after Border Force vessels intercepted three small boats in the Channel.
The Home Office said the alerts came in the early hours between 04:50 BST and about 06:15 BST.
Thirty-four men and women were passed to immigration officials after undergoing medical checks.
A lifeboat intercepted a fourth small boat carrying a further seven men and one woman on Wednesday afternoon.
The fourth migrant boat, intercepted just after 12:10 BST, was taken to Ramsgate, a Home Office spokeswoman said.
