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Men who have just been rescued in the channel line up to receive water and blankets outside the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) station at Dungeness on South East Coast of Kent on the 15th of March 2022 in Dungeness, United Kingdom. There were 43 people on the RNLI boat including women and children, they had travelled for 5 hours from France, most were Iraqi Kurds fleeing persecution. They were greeted by armed officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary who supplied blankets and water while they waited for Border Force to arrive to be taken away for processing. (photo by Andy Aitchison)

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Men who have just been rescued in the channel line up to receive water and blankets outside the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) station at Dungeness on South East Coast of Kent on the 15th of March 2022 in Dungeness, United Kingdom. There were 43 people on the RNLI boat including women and children, they had travelled for 5 hours from France, most were Iraqi Kurds fleeing persecution. They were greeted by armed officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary who supplied blankets and water while they waited for Border Force to arrive to be taken away for processing. (photo by Andy Aitchison)