More than 750 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on Thursday, the highest daily number so far this year
A group of migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, onboard a lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel today More than 750 migrants were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on Thursday, the highest daily number so far this year.
The total number of people of those making the perilous journey since 2018 has now passed 100,000, the Home Office said. In total, 755 migrants arrived on 14 dinghies in Kent on Thursday, with 17 people pulled from the water after falling overboard during a major rescue operation involving the RNLI, Border Force and the Coastguard.
A spokesperson from the RNLI said four vessels scrambled to the scene located “casualties” in the water, who were all thought to have been accounted for before being taken ashore for routine health checks.
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