Page 24 - A Border News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

8,000 foreign tourists allowed into UK every DAY despite Brits being banned from travelling Updated: 5 Apr 2021, 16:10 THOUSANDS of foreign tourists are being allowed into the UK every day despite Brits being banned from travelling. Of the 20,000 people arriving at British borders, around 40 per cent - or 8,000 - are holidaymakers, according to Border Force estimates shared with The Times. �� Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates... 3 Hundreds of visitors are granted holiday visas issued by the Home Office. One visitor from Peru was granted a visa after writing o...

A Border Force cutter that patrols the Channel is being taken out of service for two months for repairs at a time when ministers are expecting a surge in migrant crossings.HMC Vigilant, one of five

Priti Patel will introduce life sentences for people smugglers in a new bid to tackle the Channel migrant crisis. Maximum sentences will increase from the current 14 years under legislation to be brought forward by the Home Secretary in the next few weeks. It comes after one boat of migrants which crossed the Channel on Saturday was escorted into British waters by the French Navy. According to the Sun, a French warship escorted the boat of about 10 men for more than an hour. The boat then had to be rescued by Border Force officials when it ran out of fuel. It was one of several boats that cro...

Migrants escorted across the Channel into Britain by French NAVY Exclusive Updated: 28 Feb 2021, 21:04 MIGRANTS were given an escort across the Channel into Britain at the weekend — by the French navy. The Sun witnessed a French warship shepherd a cramped boat of ten men for more than an hour. 4 A group of migrants were escorted across the Channel into Britain by the French navyCredit: Steve Finn It turned back when it was well inside UK waters. A Border Force vessel then rescued it after it ran out of fuel. One group said they were from Syria, and had paid more than £1,000 each.

Ministers are considering to ask if passengers have booked into a quarantine hotel in the UK. But it is unclear whether carriers will be expected to bar travellers who answer no.