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HM Coast Guard staff and local police help asylum seekers who have spent all night travelling by dinghy from France to the UK, landing on the beach in Folkestone, United Kingdom on the 8th of October 2021. There were 13 people who crossed the busy shipping channel over night, all wearing life jackets. They were cold and dehydrated when they landed. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)

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HM Coast Guard staff and local police help asylum seekers who have spent all night travelling by dinghy from France to the UK, landing on the beach in Folkestone, United Kingdom on the 8th of October 2021. There were 13 people who crossed the busy shipping channel over night, all wearing life jackets. They were cold and dehydrated when they landed. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)