![This image provided by the Marine Nationale (French Navy) shows migrants aboard a rubber boat after being intercepted by French authorities, off the port of Calais, northern France, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. French authorities have rescued eight migrants, including two children, whose engine failed as they tried to sneak across the English Channel to Britain. (Marine Nationale via AP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3TNUT44JXOXMMAPDZASGVB7YR4.jpg?smart=true&auth=b38c9f578577cfe09a55bec837132de3b2189077ee36d7d5e4144b4d5a24aaa7&width=400&height=225)
Migrants aboard a rubber dinghy after being intercepted by French authorities off the port of Calais on December 25, 2018. Marine Nationale via AP
Migrants aboard a rubber dinghy after being intercepted by French authorities off the port of Calais on December 25, 2018. Marine Nationale via AP
More than half of migrants stopped in English Channel from Iran
Figures show 266 Iranians tried to cross in the first three months of the year