Enlarge image
Beached rubber dinghy on the English coast (archive)
Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
The French Navy rescued 80 migrants from distress in the English Channel - 20 of them were children.
That reported the responsible sea prefecture.
The castaways who were traveling in small boats are unharmed.
They were taken to the port of Calais.
Especially when the weather is good, migrants from France make the dangerous crossing to Great Britain again and again.
Many use the services of smugglers.
Only in the past week had Paris and London agreed on an intensified fight against illegal migration.
The British government wants to support France with 62.7 million euros by next year.
More security forces are said to be holding back migrants on the French coast.
mkl / dpa