Suspected People Smugglers Rescued Near Dover

An RNLI Lifeboat from Dover was scrambled just after 8am to help the 4.5-metre-long cruiser, which was reported to be in difficulties in St Margaret's bay, four miles north of Dover. The boat had suffered engine difficulties. The two men, both understood to be EU nationals, have now been transferred to a Border Force cutter and taken to Dover port for questioning by immigration enforcement officers.  Their vessel has also been seized.