LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Air Force said on Wednesday it had sent a maritime patrol aircraft to help support border control operations in the English Channel after an increase in migrants seeking to cross from France.
"The aircraft will track vessels and pass information to the Border Force who will then take any appropriate further action," a Ministry of Defence statement said. It replaces a different aircraft which undertook similar operations in recent days.
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