Eight men detained after crossing Channel in inflatable dinghy

A group of eight people have been detained by immigration authorities after crossing the Channel in an inflatable dinghy.A coastguard search had been launched off the Kent coast on Monday when the empty vessel was found on the beach at Dungeness shortly after 8am, but was stood down after it became clear no one had been left stranded in the sea.Hours later, police and Border Force personnel were seen three and a-half miles away in the town of Lydd with some of the men, who were offered foil blan