A boat carrying around 80 migrants, including three children, capsized in the English Channel.
Fortunately, they were pulled from the water by coastguard and lifeboat crews about five miles off the coast of Kent this morning, June 6.
There have been no reported deaths so far, and it remains unclear if anyone will need to be taken to a hospital.
Three of the people rescued from the water are understood to be children.
A coastguard helicopter and lifeboats from Dover and Walmer were dispatched for the rescue operation.
Border Force vessels Defender and Ranger, along with the support ship Taku, are currently on the scene.
In the past week, 297 migrants have arrived on five separate boats. This includes 63 people who arrived on June 3 on one boat and 234 people on four boats on June 4.
So far this year, the number of people traveling to the UK on dangerous boats hit a record high in May, with 711 making the crossing. Since the government struck its Rwanda deal more than two years ago, around 80,000 migrants have arrived in the UK.
