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
An astonished couple found two illegal migrants under their van after they returned from a trip to France. Dean Darke, 60, and wife May caught the men crawling out on their driveway in Basildon, Essex, after the journey last Wednesday. The stowaways had boarded the van as it arrived at the port city of Caen, ahead … Read more
Migrant arrivals will hit crisis levels if UK and France fail to agree joint Channel patrols, warns former head of Border Force More than 200 migrants managed to cross to Britain on Thursday alone in surge Ex-Border Force chief Tony Smith urged Britain to agree new joint patrol treaty He claimed that the current approach … Read more
Hundreds of migrants boats intercepted in the English Channel are being stored at a warehouse complex in Dover as the latest figures show that more than 2,800 people have reached the UK this year. Previously it was not clear what happened to the vessels, but MailOnline can now reveal they are being stored at a … Read more
Hundreds of migrants boats intercepted in the English Channel are being stored at a warehouse complex in Dover as the latest figures show that more than 2,800 people have reached the UK this year. Previously it was not clear what happened to the vessels, but MailOnline can now reveal they are being stored at a … Read more
Migrant on a stolen PEDALO was among 200 people who tried to make the perilous journey from France to England Around 200 migrants tried to cross The Channel from France on Sunday, July 12 Border Force stopped around 15 boats, one of which was carrying 22 people One desperate migrant stole a pedalo from a … Read more
Migrant on a stolen PEDALO was among 200 people who tried to make the perilous journey from France to England Around 200 migrants tried to cross The Channel from France on Sunday, July 12 Border Force stopped around 15 boats, one of which was carrying 22 people One desperate migrant stole a pedalo from a … Read more
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is among 250 faith leaders calling on Boris Johnson to guarantee the rights of lone migrant children to seek refuge here. In a letter to the prime minister today (Sat), they say Britain has a ‘moral duty to act’ because two schemes for claiming asylum are ending. MPs … Read more
A woman says she was left ‘gobsmacked‘ after discovering bedding and food hidden inside a cramped storage compartment in her £50,000 motorhome. Angela, who only wishes to share her first name, says she thinks a migrant may have been living in the 7ft-long space for weeks after a string of landings near her home. She … Read more
Indian migrant workers have been sprayed with disinfectant after returning to their home state on a crowded bus as people to adapt to the second week of a hastily-announced nationwide lockdown. Families returning to Uttar Pradesh in the country’s north from New Delhi were filmed being sprayed as an official told them: ‘Close your eyes … Read more