Some of the passengers discovered were unconscious and had to be treated by paramedics at the scene.
It is thought all 36 people were travelling across the channel’s busy shipping lanes overnight.
In a dramatic second incident at 7am, lifeboats and emergency services were called to another dingy with 15 people crammed on board.A number of them were unconscious and three of them were identified as young children. A third boat containing nine men and one woman, who all identified as Iranian, was also found in the channel this morning.They were brought into Dover to be questioned by officials after a medical evaluation.
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