Migrant dinghy launched from Normandy, 170 miles west of usual Calais route

About 140 migrants crossed the Channel overnight in a single dinghy launched from Normandy's Bay of the Seine, the BBC reported — roughly 170 miles west of usual departure points near Calais. French rescue vessels shadowed the boat for ten hours before RNLI lifeboats from Bembridge and Yarmouth brought it ashore. The French coastguard said stopping it on the water was unsafe. The route stretches the joint UK-French patrol zone.