Migrants are rescued

FOUR migrants tried to cross the English Channel aboard a makeshift raft made from two windsurfing boards that had been lashed together.

They sought to make the perilous journey on yesterday using shovels as oars and were spotted by the Dunkirk Seaways ferry about 3.5 miles off the coast of Calais. Staff on board the ferry then sent a warning to French authorities at about 12.25am and were rescued by the French navy at about 6.45am, authorities said.