The interrupted odyssey of migrants

Dramatic photographs showed migrants staggering onto a British beach today after a potentially record-breaking number were picked up off the coast with up to 25 boats crossing the English Channel.Pictures taken this morning showed one group wading through the water and looking exhausted as they collapsed and sat down on rocks on the Kent coast at Dover after making the perilous journey from France. One group of migrants was seen walking up a hill after landing at St Margaret's at Cliffe near Dover today, while another group were spotted at the foot of the White Cliffs of Dover.