80 migrants arrived in Dover today in three boats, including a small girl holding a teddy bear, as fears rise that Boris Johnson’s Rwanda plan is failing.
The predominantly male party, which included youngsters and a woman holding a teddy bear, was led into Dover Marina in Kent by UK authorities wearing white Hazmat suits and masks soon before 11 a.m. this morning on board the Border Force catamaran Typhoon.
Soldiers in camouflage fatigues and high-vis vests escorted the newcomers off the ship and took them down the gangway to be processed.
Two infants were held by caregivers, while a primary school-aged boy went along the sidewalk by himself.
As they disembarked from the boat, some migrants were spotted lugging their goods. One woman held a little teddy bear in her hand, as the British military took another man’s backpack.
The announcement comes as the Ministry of Defence lowered the number of migrants who have crossed the English Channel this year from over 10,000 to 9,941.
The Ministry of Defence initially reported 436 migrants arriving in the UK on May 15, but then revised the figure to 389. However, the overall number of migrants who have arrived in the UK so far this year is more than double the number who had arrived by June 3rd, 2021, when little over 4,200 persons had been held.
Official Home Office records show that 28,526 people crossed the border in 2021, compared to 8,410 in 2020.