British vessels head into French waters to help rescue migrants
Three Border Force vessels entered French waters to assist a French boat in its rescue of more than 30 migrants from a dinghy after it got into trouble as it approached the median line in the Channel on Sunday.
On Saturday, an RNLI lifeboat was despatched two miles into French waters to rescue some 65 migrants from a dinghy struggling in rough conditions and bring them back to Dover.
The lifeboat, which had been at sea on a training exercise, was called on to save the asylum seekers two miles before their boat could reach the median line in the Channel.
The incidents have prompted demands for France to do more to stop boats leaving French shores, and that any migrants picked up in French waters should be taken back to France.
Tony Smith, a former head of Border Force, said: 'We should not be going into their waters and they should not be coming into our waters. The French excuse is that they don't want to be rescued by the French, whereas they will accept being taken on board by the British.'
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