Baby strapped to woman among migrants making English Channel crossing

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought ashore from the local lifeboat at Dungeness in Kent, after being picked-up following a small boat incident in the Channel (Gareth Fuller/PA)

A baby and several young children were among a large group of migrants brought ashore in the UK on Monday after trying to cross the English Channel.

A packed lifeboat was pictured arriving on a beach in Dungeness in Kent.