150 migrants cross the Channel by small boat to the UK today
Border Force detained at least seven boats and 150 people trying to cross the English Channel today - with several small children among those spotted at the Port of Dover.
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Border Force detained at least seven boats and 150 people trying to cross the English Channel today - with several small children among those spotted at the Port of Dover.
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Around 90 migrants came into Britain in inflatable dinghies on Saturday morning and were towed into Tug Haven, Dover by a Border Force Seeker vessel and then taken away.
Home Office data shows 28,526 people arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats last year - higher than previously thought and more than three times the figure of 2020.
The Ministry of Defence said they would not be enforcing the Home Secretary's push back policy - to turn migrant boats back towards France.