More than 200,000 illegal migrants cross English Channel since 2018 in shocking milestone

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More than 200,000 illegal migrants cross English Channel since 2018 in shocking milestone.

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As the Prime Minister contends with the fallout from a disastrous election night, the Government has been dealt another major blow in its efforts to end the Channel migrant crisis.GB News can reveal that the number of illegal migrants crossing from France has reached a shocking new milestone, with more than 200,000 arriving in the UK since the crisis began in 2018.The grim tally was reached this morning after a group of 70 migrants were taken to the Border Force processing centre at Dover Harbour.The group had been on a migrant dinghy that launched from a beach near Dunkirk just before 7:30am on Friday.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say GB News obtained social media video which one migrant posted live as they set off from the shores of northern France on the journey across the Channel.Just after 10am they reached UK waters and were picked up by the Border Force vessel Ranger.At the Western Jet foil in Dover harbour, where migrants are off loaded, we counted 70 migrants as they were...

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