British tourists watching the sunrise on a beach popular with holidaymakers in Greece were shocked when a dinghy of migrants arrived - including parents with babies.

A couple were sat on Kolymbia Beach in Rhodes yesterday (3) when the rubber boat approached - full of people they suspect were fleeing from Turkey.

The boat contained around a dozen men and women - without safety gear - and two appeared to have babies strapped to their fronts.

One was using a swimming pool rubber ring for support.

An onlooker, a 33-year-old tradesman from Newton Abbot, Devon, said: "We were there for around 45 minuteS to watch the sunrise and at around 7.15am, travelling from the direction of the sun, perhaps to avoid detection, came a large ribbed boat. "

"We initially thought it was a tourist boat coming into the Bay Area, but quickly realised it was full of people. "

"The rest is clear to see on the video."

"People were dropped off on the beach. "

"It was very, very sad to see and we made our way back to our hotel along with a few other bystanders quite promptly."

"We went and spoke to our hotel, informed them of what we had witnessed and they contacted the police. "

"Later that day we saw the gentleman who said the police tracked them to a church but wasn't allowed to say no more as to what happened. "

"I think it's something that needs to be seen to be believed. "

"The wars raging over in the Middle East are clearly driving these people to desperate measures and it needs to change."