We suddenly got a warning on the VHF radio that a Belgian warship was within range and that we should keep clear. We weren’t keen on tangling with it, so we swiftly checked the map and altered our course. The warning came through as we steadily bobbed across the world’s busiest shipping lane on our … Read more
Man who filmed migrants arriving in Dover is arrested for ‘breach of the peace’ while recording video of them being loaded onto bus by border force Social media user Active Patriot recorded the group as they waited in a car park Immigration officers told him to put down the camera but he continued to record … Read more
Over 100 more migrants have landed in Dover today as Rishi Sunak threatened to send in the Royal Navy to help turn back the ‘tide’ of boats. Among them was a group of 12 men in their 20s, who were on a small vessel that was intercepted by Border Force officers. They were given face … Read more
Three migrants were rescued from their sinking inflatable kayak by a builder on his way home to Britain after swimming from Dover to Calais for charity today. Justin Legge, 49, started the 21-mile journey at 1.30am, raising almost £24,000 in memory of a friend who died of leukaemia. He was on his way back across … Read more
Another boatload of migrants has today arrived in Dover after a struggling dinghy was reportedly spotted in the English Channel by a P&O ferry. The migrant group, believed to be of around 15 people, was seen being guided off a lifeboat at the Kent port town earlier today after making the treacherous journey in poor … Read more
Another 75 migrants streamed into Dover today as people smugglers urge hundreds to make the Channel crossing now before Brexit ‘closes the door’. Pictures show men wearing masks and lifejackets being brought into the Kent port of Dover on a Border Force speedboat. The Coastguard said it was dealing with ‘multiple incidents’, though an official … Read more
Dozens of migrants arrive in Dover after they were picked up in three small boats in English Channel as figures show more than 1,900 have made the crossing this year Last week a record 166 migrants arrived at the Dover coast in Kent on boats At least 1,896 migrants have cross this year compared to … Read more
A French naval vessel escorted more than 100 migrants into British waters unchallenged this morning as the total to have reached the UK this year edges closer to the total seen throughout the whole of 2019. In total, 167 migrants are believed to have landed in Kent today which is a record. The first group … Read more
An unrepentant Nigel Farage has today hand-delivered a letter of complaint to Kent Police after two ‘sheepish’ officers turned up on his doorstep to chide him over his trips to Dover to highlight the numbers of migrants arriving in Britain by boat. It came as he returned to the Kent coast where 11 migrants were picked up – … Read more
Dover officials handed out face masks and blankets to 49 migrants who were intercepted crossing the Channel in three boats today. The migrants were picked up by Border Force off the Kent coast near Dover as they attempted to cross the English Channel in three small dinghies between 5am and 6am. Photographs captured several of … Read more