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A police officer stands guard on the beach of Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, as migrants disembark from a rescue vessel. AFP
A police officer stands guard on the beach of Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, as migrants disembark from a rescue vessel. AFP
UK Home Office admits whereabouts of more than 17,000 asylum seekers unknown
Figure is more than four times the number recorded the previous year