Newborn baby spends 9 hours at sea to reach British shores with mother

A 16-day-old baby is among the many migrants risking everything to cross the Channel from France to reach British shores.

After being brought ashore in Kent, one of those who'd been on the dinghy told Sky News, French police saw them leave but did nothing to try to stop them.

Ivor Bennett sent this report from Dungeness on the Kent Coast.

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