Up to six migrant boats are picked up in English Channel with group of 15 in one dinghy

At least six migrant boats were picked up off the Kent coast yesterday, marking the first Channel crossing since last Thursday. As many as 15 people are thought to have landed on Shakespeare beach, Dover, in the early hours of this morning after a dinghy was recovered there. And five more boats were spotted being … Read more

Up to six migrant boats are picked up in English Channel with group of 15 in one dinghy

Up to six migrant boats are picked up in English Channel with group of 15 in one dinghy as total number of vessels making journey to Britain this year hits 5,000 This is the first crossing of the English Channel since last Thursday Group of around 15 people landed in a dinghy at Shakespeare Beach, … Read more

Migrant in his 20s is attacked moments after coming ashore in a dinghy on a Kent beach 

A migrant was attacked on a Kent beach just moments after landing onshore in a dinghy on Sunday. The man, thought to be in his 20s and from the Middle East, was set upon by an unknown assailant who watched the boat arrive on the beach near Deal. It is thought to be the first … Read more

Migrant in his 20s is attacked moments after coming ashore in a dinghy on a Kent beach 

A migrant was attacked on a Kent beach just moments after landing onshore in a dinghy on Sunday. The man, thought to be in his 20s and from the Middle East, was set upon by an unknown assailant who watched the boat arrive on the beach near Deal. It is thought to be the first … Read more

Migrants make desperate Channel dash in dinghy only to be caught by Border Force

More than 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK in 10 days after crossing the Channel in small boats. Some 1,004 migrants were brought ashore by Border Force between August 4 and 13, analysis found. This takes the total so far this year to at least 4,511, more than double the amount thought to have crossed … Read more