Six boats carrying 90 migrants which were attempting to cross the English Channel have been intercepted by Border Force boats, the news comes after last week saw a new record for the number of people attempting to cross the Channel in one day.
A single-day record set on VE Day 2020 saw 145 ‘illegal migrants’ making the dangerous crossing.
The occupants of the six boats, one of which carried at least 25 people, were brought ashore to Dover, Kent, to be dealt with by immigration authorities.
Great Britain has been hit a large influx of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the Channel during the nations coronavirus lockdown, many fear that those attempting to illegal entre may have picked up the virus from one of the migrant camps in France.
Since the beginning of the United Kingdom’s lockdown more than 900 people have attempted to illegally entre the country via the English Channel.
Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts Chris Philp said: “Today’s incidents are the result of criminals smuggling people into the country illegally.
“Criminal intelligence continues to be shared between the NCA and French authorities and substantial French law enforcement deployment prevented a number of further boats crossing this morning.
“Today’s cases have been dealt with in line with the immigration rules, including detention where appropriate.
“The migrants have left a safe country and we are seeking to return specific cases where appropriate.”
In the first incident on Saturday, a Border Force coastal patrol vessel intercepted a boat carrying 10 men who presented themselves as Sudanese and Libyan, a further 12 men who said they were Syrian and Iranian where found in the second boat to be stopped.
The third boat to be found was carrying 14 men who said they were Syrian, Iranian, Senegalese, Iraqi and Yemeni – with 11 men and four women from Algeria, Kuwait, Iraq and Syria in the fourth boat.
The fifth boat to be intercepted carried 21 men and four women from Iraq and Iran and the final boat had 11 men and three women from Eritrea, Iran and Afghanistan.
The whole team at UNN have been covering the issue of illegal immigration into the UK via the English Channel for some time and with the lockdown, in Britain, we have seen some of the largest numbers ever attempting to enter the nation in one day. This is why with your support we are planning a documentary on this most serious of issues, the UNN team will be heading down to the English Channel to get a truthful perspective of just what is going on, please consider supporting us.
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