This year, more than 20,000 migrants crossed the English Channel via small boats.
Authorities had to rescue or intercept 456 people in 15 Take-off of boats Tuesday The 2021 total has reached 20,198 migrants, more than twice the 8,410 migrants who arrived in Britain last January.
Pictures taken this morning showed dozens more migrants being brought to Dover by the Hunter lifeboat of the RNLI. The groups continued to take advantage yesterday’s calm weather.
One image shows over a dozen migrants arriving in Dover wearing lifejackets or masks.
The second image was of migrants aboard an RNLI boat being taken inland by the crew after they were intercepted crossing the channel this AM.
Today, Migrants are being brought into Dover by the increased number of crossings for 2021.
Today, Border Force is out as the number of migrants who have crossed the Channel surpasses 20,000
Pictured: An earlier today group of migrants was brought to shore by Dover’s RNLI
The group (pictured below) witnessed their vessel being intercepted on Tuesday morning by Border Force
Migrants smile and chat as they are pictured on Tuesday aboard the Border Force cutter Hunter
In October 2020, only 475 migrants crossed the border. This compares to 2,669 who made the crossing despite adverse weather conditions. Above: Migrants in Dover (Kent) on Tuesday
Pictured: Emergency services on the M25 Northbound after five people believed to be refugees were found with suspected hypothermia in the rear of a 44-tonne refrigerated lorry
FIVE PEOPLE FINDED IN REFRIGERATED LORY
The five individuals, who were believed to be suffering from hypothermia, were found at the rear of a 44-tonne refrigerated truck.
Five people believed to have been refugees were found in the back of a refrigerated truck.
On Tuesday evening, emergency services were called to the Poyle Interchange on M25 Northbound at 8.10pm.
The five individuals, who were believed to be suffering from hypothermia, were found near the Harmondsworth immigration removal center in the rear of a 44-tonne refrigerated truck.
Thames Valley Police traffic officers were alerted to this find and called in firefighters for oxygen and a specialist thermal imaging cam.
A number of people were removed from behind the lorry and wrapped with silver space blankets. They were then taken to the hospital to be checked-up.
The UK border force has now handed over the individuals involved.
It is believed that the driver was helping police with their inquiries.
A spokesperson for London Fire Brigade stated that one Heathrow crew was present and used a thermal image camera to inspect the lorry in order to ensure there were no additional stowaways.
Thames Valley Police has been contacted for further comment.
Yesterday’s migrants were the first to cross the dangerous sea in a week and many were brought to Dover Marina, Kent before 9am.
Border Force personnel towed an inflatable boat with blue and white rigid hulls into the harbour at 8:15 a.m., where 12 men were sitting.
The 10 others were followed by another 10 people, draped in blue blankets and warming up for warmth about 45 minutes later.
A third group, consisting of eight migrants wearing orange lifejackets, was brought in by Border Force boats shortly after.
All of them disembarked at Harbour and were escorted by Immigration Enforcement up the Gangway for processing.
Around 9.30am, the Dover Lifeboat of the RNLI was launched to rescue 30 more migrants.
A primary school-aged girl was aboard the ship when it returned to harbour around noon.
Valiant, a Border Force cutter, had been intercepting migrants in Channel and transferring them onto smaller RHIBs.
After around 25 migrants were seen in a dinghy, Hunter, their vessel, was also sent on search and rescue patrols off Kent coast.
The men were brought in the hull and a tropical-themed boat with pictures of exotic parrots and colourful flowers to harbour.
Good visibility continued to allow more migrants to cross the Dover Strait, covering 21 miles. However, conditions at sea were still choppy.
They were among the first arrivals in a week since 145 arrived in five boats on October 26.
The Home Office confirmed the figures late Tuesday night.
It was also reported that 7 boats were intercepted by the French authorities, which prevented 343 additional migrants from reaching the UK.
Stormy weather has made this treacherous journey even more dangerous – as tragically demonstrated when at least one migrant was killed in an emergency incident off Harwich (Essex).
The tiny boat of the migrants is believed to have drifted in high winds and been at sea for 72 hours before being rescued by two rescuers.
October saw 2,669 migrants crossing the Channel in 92 boats.
Border Force officials bring masked migrants to shore aboard their cutter Hunter.
The large group is taken ashore at Dover to be processed by Border Force officers on Tuesday
Good visibility will allow more people to make the treacherous 21-mile crossing of Dover Strait. But conditions at sea remain rough.
Only 475 people crossed the border in October 2020, as opposed to 2,669 who made the journey despite adverse weather conditions. Pictured: A group arrive in Dungeness last month
September saw the most migrants crossing the border, with 3,879 of them making the dangerous crossing.
This is six times more than those who arrived in 33 boats last month, when there were 463.
Clandestine Channel Threat Commander Dan O’Mahoney stated that these journeys were illegal, dangerous, unnecessary, and facilitated by violent criminal groups profiting from misery.
“We are working with France to stop boats from leaving their beaches and crackdown on the criminals who drive these crossings.
“People should seek asylum in the first country they find safe.” The Government’s New Plan for Immigration will fix the system. It will be tough on those who abuse it and fair for those in genuine need.