Two migrants had to be taken to hospital with hypothermia, after being rescued off the Kent coast by French authorities.

A fishing boat with 10 people inside was found 10km north of Cap Gris-Nez, near Calais, by a helicopter in the early hours of this morning.

Eight people were initially rescued and transferred to the port of Calais, while the other two were then taken to a hospital in Boulogne, having been found in a state of severe hypothermia.

French bosses said the operation showed how it is possible to detect a boat in a perilous situation, and again issued a warning of the dangers involved in crossing the Channel.