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More migrants cross Channel to UK despite Rwanda threat

Zainab Elhaj and Will RussellReuters
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Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies have reached the southern coast of England - the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to make the risky sea crossing from France this year.

Bobbing on the waves of the English Channel on a clear morning, the boats sailed across the narrow strip of sea separating France and Britain on Saturday with a French naval vessel following them until they reached English waters.

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