157 Menschen waren auf dem Weg nach Großbritannien, als ihr Boot Feuer fing. Die Migranten sollen nach Frankreich zurückgebracht worden sein.

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