Dozens rescued while attempting to cross the Channel

An RNLI vessel found one boat carrying 15 people off the coast of Kent during operations. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesDozens of people have been rescued by Home Office and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) vessels while trying to cross the Channel in small boats, officials have said.Three boats, carrying 36 men, women and children, were intercepted in separate operations on Monday, according to the Home Office. The people rescued gave their nationalities as Iranian and Iraqi and