Major rescue operation in English Channel after migrant boat breaks down

• French authorities rescued 96 migrants after their inflatable boat suffered engine failure shortly after leaving Le Touquet beach on Monday morning.
• Ten people were pulled directly from dangerous sea currents during the rescue operation, including four who were airlifted by helicopter.
• Home Office figures show that 250 migrants arrived in Kent aboard three separate boats on Monday.
• People-smuggling gangs are increasingly overloading single vessels, following a record 230 arrivals on one boat earlier this month.
• Prime minister Andy Burnham has promised to change tactics to tackle the people-smuggling gangs operating in the English Channel .

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Nearly 100 migrants rescued after boat breaks down during attempted Channel crossing