A suspected migrant was found hiding in a tourist’s roof box this morning when drivers heard thumping sounds at a Kent service station. The shocked driver was parked at Maidstone Services, after travelling back from Calais through the Eurotunnel, when a group of concerned motorists gathered after hearing a ‘thumping sound’ coming from the car’s … Read more
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 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
Great-grandmother, 94, is rescued and brought ashore at Dover after becoming the oldest migrant ever to attempt a dangerous Channel crossing The woman made 21-mile trip to be reunited with family who had already arrived She was taken into the care of social services after being brought to shore in UK But it is thought she … Read more
Great-grandmother, 94, is rescued and brought ashore at Dover after becoming the oldest migrant ever to attempt a dangerous Channel crossing The woman made 21-mile trip to be reunited with family who had already arrived She was taken into the care of social services after being brought to shore in UK But it is thought she … Read more
A 16-year-old Sudanese migrant who couldn’t swim and had to use a shovel as an oar in a desperate attempt to get to Britain on a makeshift boat has become the first refugee to die while trying to cross the Channel this year. The unnamed teenager washed up on a French beach this morning after … Read more
The body of a 16-year-old Sudanese migrant washed up on a French beach this morning as he became the first refugee to die this year while trying to cross the Channel to Britain. The teenager got into difficulty in the sea on Tuesday night and was discovered at Sangatte, near Calais, this morning. He is … Read more
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
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
A ‘furious’ Priti Patel last night backed sending Royal Navy patrols into the English Channel after a record number of migrants reached Britain. Officials have been ordered to draw up plans in which, for the first time, the Navy could turn back boats. Yesterday up to 250 migrants made the perilous crossing – the highest … Read more