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A group of 17 migrants were rescued in the English Channel on Thursday
By Stuart Maisner
BBC News
More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel on small boats in the last five years.
On Thursday 755 people were detected crossing, according to the Home Office, which is the highest daily number so far this year.
It also confirmed 17 individuals were rescued from the water who had gone overboard on Thursday morning.
It said they were all recovered safely and have been taken ashore for routine health and safety checks.
The RNLI said lifeboats from Dover, Ramsgate, Dungeness and Littlestone were called out on Thursday morning to assist the coastguard operation.
Migrant crossings across the Channel started to become regular in the spring of 2018.
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