'Frantic' calls to rescue migrants on sinking boat in ships' graveyard

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'Frantic' calls to rescue migrants on sinking boat in ships' graveyard
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Stranded group made desperate calls to British police from notorious stretch of water.

More than 70 asylum seekers were rescued from a sinking boat in a notorious stretch of water known for its shipwrecks British life-savers responded to desperate calls from more than 70 migrants crammed onto a dinghy in a notorious stretch of the North Sea, a newly-released Coastguard log shows. The group called Kent Police to say that ‘they could only see water’ from the sinking vessel stranded in one of the world’s busiest shipping straits.

A British immigration enforcement officer and an interforce security officer escort people thought to be migrants in Dungeness Released by the MCA after a Freedom of Information Act request by Metro.co.uk, they show large groups facilitated by people-smuggling gangs have continued to attempt crossings despite the government’s multi-million partnerships with France aimed at stemming the flow.

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