UK coastguard responds to migrant emergency in English Channel - in pictures

  • A life boat returns to the Port of Dover in England amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat. Reuters
    A life boat returns to the Port of Dover in England amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat. Reuters
  • Police and coastguard officers gather at Dover. People are feared to have died after a small boat carrying migrants got into difficulty in the English Channel. Reuters
    Police and coastguard officers gather at Dover. People are feared to have died after a small boat carrying migrants got into difficulty in the English Channel. Reuters
  • Air Ambulance personnel arrive in Dover. EPA
    Air Ambulance personnel arrive in Dover. EPA
  • Forensic tents at the lifeboat rescue station are set up at the port. AP
    Forensic tents at the lifeboat rescue station are set up at the port. AP
  • Ambulances at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in Dover. PA
    Ambulances at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in Dover. PA
  • The RNLI station being readied to receive boats returning from the incident in the English Channel. PA
    The RNLI station being readied to receive boats returning from the incident in the English Channel. PA
  • An ambulance arrives at the port. PA
    An ambulance arrives at the port. PA