More than 150 migrants were rescued in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a boat caught fire in the English Channel in an attempt to travel from France to Britain.

The Eastbourne lifeboat was launched at 6am today alongside French and British coastguard vessels after the boat's engine caught fire in French waters. File photo.

Services including the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and British and French coastguards are responding to a fire on board a migrant boat in the English Channel

Three coastguard ships rescue passengers after fuel leak sparks blaze