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A soldier carries a toddler in to Dover on April 19, 2022. PA
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Young migrants are checked in Dungeness, Kent, England, after being rescued by an RNLI lifeboat from a small boat in the English Channel on August 16, 2023. PA / Getty Images
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A migrant and three children arrive in Kent on September 26, 2023. PA
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Children are driven from the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, after being rescued from the Channel on August 23, 2023. PA
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A migrant child is carried after arriving in Kent, following rescue from a small boat in the English Channel on August 16, 2023. PA
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A man and three young migrants arrive in Kent on August 16, 2023. PA
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A young boy smiles after coming ashore in Dungeness on September 22, 2022. PA
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A migrant boy is carried to shore in Dungeness on September 15, 2022. PA
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Border Force officers take migrants, young and old, to Kent on September 5, 2022. PA
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Migrants arrive at Dungeness on September 4, 2022. PA
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A woman and child are escorted into Dungeness after being picked up from a small boat in the English Channel on August 27, 2022. PA
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Young children are taken into Dover on June 21, 2022. PA
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Migrants arrive in Dover on June 21, 2022. PA
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A little girl is carried by a security officer after arriving in Dover on June 7, 2022. PA
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Child migrants are guided in to Dover, Kent, after being rescued from a boat on the English Channel on May 31, 2022. PA
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Young migrants sail into Dover on May 23, 2022. PA
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Border Force officers escort 40 migrants into Dover on May 6, 2022. EPA
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Military personnel help young children in to Dover on May 2, 2022. PA
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A soldier carries a toddler in to Dover on April 19, 2022. PA
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Young migrants are checked in Dungeness, Kent, England, after being rescued by an RNLI lifeboat from a small boat in the English Channel on August 16, 2023. PA / Getty Images
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A migrant and three children arrive in Kent on September 26, 2023. PA
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Children are driven from the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, after being rescued from the Channel on August 23, 2023. PA
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A migrant child is carried after arriving in Kent, following rescue from a small boat in the English Channel on August 16, 2023. PA
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A man and three young migrants arrive in Kent on August 16, 2023. PA
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A young boy smiles after coming ashore in Dungeness on September 22, 2022. PA
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A migrant boy is carried to shore in Dungeness on September 15, 2022. PA
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Border Force officers take migrants, young and old, to Kent on September 5, 2022. PA
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Migrants arrive at Dungeness on September 4, 2022. PA
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A woman and child are escorted into Dungeness after being picked up from a small boat in the English Channel on August 27, 2022. PA
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Young children are taken into Dover on June 21, 2022. PA
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Migrants arrive in Dover on June 21, 2022. PA
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A little girl is carried by a security officer after arriving in Dover on June 7, 2022. PA
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Child migrants are guided in to Dover, Kent, after being rescued from a boat on the English Channel on May 31, 2022. PA
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Young migrants sail into Dover on May 23, 2022. PA
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Border Force officers escort 40 migrants into Dover on May 6, 2022. EPA
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Military personnel help young children in to Dover on May 2, 2022. PA
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A soldier carries a toddler in to Dover on April 19, 2022. PA
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