Despite rough summer seas, a group of 20 migrants—including young children—were apprehended today trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat.
More than a dozen asylum seekers were removed from the small boats this morning when they arrived at Dover, Kent. Among them were young children wearing orange life jackets.
Before being carried into the harbour and turned over to immigration officers, a group of men were removed off a dinghy and put onto the Border Force vessel Typhoon at sea.
The asylum seekers crossed the English Channel in jeopardy and then made their way up the gangway while donning Covid face masks.
Upon reaching the Kent shoreline, a border guard was observed carrying a little child with brown hair that was curly.
What appeared to be elder family members assisted a young child wearing a pink jacket onto the aeroplane.
Following windy circumstances that reportedly prohibited any crossings on Thursday, the weather at sea was easing today.
The arrivals made today are the first since 248 people in five boats were rescued on Wednesday in the 21-mile wide Dover straits.
One day after Boris Johnson’s resignation from office and the start of a new Tory leadership race, the volatile political climate in Britain did not appear to stop immigrants from entering the country.
Priti Patel, the home secretary, was one of the few cabinet members who did not abruptly resign earlier this week when waves of MPs said they could no longer cooperate with Mr. Johnson’s leadership.
The French government had to rescue 166 more migrants on Wednesday after their dinghies encountered problems off the coast in several incidents between Calais, Boulogne, and Le Touquet.
They were delivered to border police after being brought back to French ports.
By over 400 vessels, 13,103 people have officially been captured by Border Force so far this year after attempting the perilous journey in small boats.
The figures for today have not yet been verified.
Government statistics show that 28,526 persons travelled in 2021, compared to 8,410 who arrived in 2020.
A representative for the government declared: “The growth in risky Channel crossings is unacceptable.
They not only openly violate our immigration laws, but they also endanger lives and make it harder for us to assist refugees who enter the UK legally and safely.
With a maximum term of life in jail, the Nationality and Borders Act will allow us to crack down on system abuse and the nefarious people traffickers.
‘Under our new Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, we are continuing our preparations to relocate those who are making dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal journeys into the UK in order for their claims to be considered and so that they can rebuild their lives,’ the statement reads.