Suspected Migrants Boat Herding For UK Intercepted

James Salmon, who owns tour boat company Dover Sea Safari, has rescued scores of migrants from the English Channel in the past year - and warned that the problem is getting worse.

The Border Force officials have intercepted three suspected migrants trying to reach the UK in a small boat, amid warnings the situation is getting worse.

It is understood the boat was initially detected by a passing ferry ship.

The Home Office says the three people on board are believed to be Iranians.

"They have since been transported to Dover where processing of the group is underway," the Home Office said.

Details of the interception emerged just hours after Sky News was shown the relative ease with which migrants can slip across the Channel, undetected by maritime security.

One of the UK's most experienced skippers says people smugglers are increasingly chartering small boats to make 50-mile round trips to France, passing through one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

James Salmon said our boat set off from a beach near the town of Deal, which has been favoured by migrant smugglers in the past.

It took just over an hour to travel to a beach at Wissant, which is eight miles west of Calais, in calm waters and sunny skies.

The journey back to the UK, however, was less straight forward.