Illegal migrants make record 22-hour Channel crossing as hundreds arrive in UK
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Illegal migrants make record 22-hour Channel crossing as hundreds arrive in UK.
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Maritime security sources have condemned reckless criminal gangs, who sent hundreds of illegal migrants on a dangerous 22-hour Channel crossing overnight.The migrant arrivals are the first illegal crossings in more than a fortnight as windy conditions in the English Channel subsided on Sunday.Three migrant boats were launched from beaches around the Dieppe area at 7am yesterday, more than 100 miles south of the normal launch points around Dunkirk and Calais.They eventually made it to UK waters early this morning, and more than 160 small boat migrants were picked up and taken to Dover harbour.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say In the hours that followed, another 150 have arrived at the Kent port.GB News can reveal that another four migrant boats were launched from the Dieppe area at 9am this morning.If all boats make it, it will take the number of illegal immigrant arrivals today to more than 500.It takes the total number who have crossed from France since the beginning of the year to...
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