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Lifeboat arrives at Kent port as four deaths confirmed in Channel migrant rescue mission
At least four people have died after a small boat carrying migrants across the English Channel failed amid freezing conditions.
Footage shows a lifeboat pulling into a port on the Kent coast as a multi-agency rescue mission continued in the frosty waters.
More than 40 migrants have been rescued by crews on Wednesday, 14 December, after the alarm was raised at 3:40am.
English and French crews were working together, with the Royal Navy and French Navy among the agencies involved.
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