At least one person has died and dozens of others have been rescued after a migrant boat crossing the English Channel capsized.

Five other people were recovered in “serious condition” and taken to a hospital in Calais by helicopter and 50 people have been rescued, French authorities said.

A search and rescue operation involving five French ships, two British ships and a helicopter is under way following the incident off Cap Gris Nez in northern France.

The RNLI said a Dover volunteer lifeboat crew “launched just before 4am to an incident in the Channel”.

HM Coastguard said it is assisting French authorities in response to the incident involving a “small boat”, adding that a Dover RNLI lifeboat has been sent as part of that assistance with Folkestone and Langdon Bay coastguard rescue teams.

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South East Coast Ambulance has also been sent.

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