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Watched by Border Force officers on Jet ski’s the Coast Guard removes a dinghy from the sea that brought 13 Asylum seekers safely to the beach on the 8th of October 2021 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The Home Office has begun using Jet Ski’s or personal water crafts to move along the coast quicker and intercept small boats used by asylum seekers to cross the channel from France.(photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)

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Watched by Border Force officers on Jet ski’s the Coast Guard removes a dinghy from the sea that brought 13 Asylum seekers safely to the beach on the 8th of October 2021 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The Home Office has begun using Jet Ski’s or personal water crafts to move along the coast quicker and intercept small boats used by asylum seekers to cross the channel from France.(photo by Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images)