(AFP) Over 100 migrants were rescued in the Channel on Saturday as they tried to reach Britain on makeshift boats, the French maritime prefecture said.
A first boat carrying 38 migrants was reported in difficulty off Boulogne, the authorities said.
The migrants were rescued and returned to France before being handed over to border police, a statement said.
A further 60 migrants were also rescued off Hardelot, including 58 through the intervention of a tug, and two others by a patrol vessel.
Four further migrants were picked up by the same patrol boat.
