Around 100 people were trying to cross the Channel to France from France. They were saved off the coast England and taken to Dover.
After a coastguard plane flew over Channel, a pilot reported seeing several migrants in distress just after noon.
Pilots claimed that they witnessed migrants desperate to escape water and get air in their doomed dinghy, which had burst.
After air started to escape from their small inflatable boat, one group of migrants were saved by the UK Border Force vessel “Hurricane” to save them.
Others were also transported to shore by a small inflatable boat (RHIB), which was deployed alongside the RLNI’s Dover Lifeboat by UK Border Force vessels ‘Searcher and RLNI.
It comes just one day after it emerged that Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly gave Home Secretary Priti Patel the green light to develop new powers that would allow male asylum seekers crossing the Narrow Sea to be held in immigration removal centres.
The government was also accused of being ‘cowardice” earlier in the week when it emerged that the Home Office intends to release a total of migrants crossings only four times per year and not on a daily basis.
After crossing the Channel, at least 28381 migrants reached England in 2021. This is more than the total number who made it in 2020. However, there was significant investment by both the UK and French authorities in order to stop crossings.

A total of nearly 100 migrants trying to cross the Channel to France from France were saved off the English coast and taken to Dover by today’s Border Force.

This happened after the Channel’s coastguard plane reported seeing several migrants in distress just before noon today.

These migrants were taken to shore on a small, rigid inflatable boat (RHIB), deployed by UK Border Force vessels ‘Searcher, ‘Hurricane,’ and the RLNI Dover Lifeboat (pictured).

Official statistics show that more migrants have entered Britain in this month’s than any other time since January. UK authorities have intercepted more than 950 migrants so far this year – more than three times the 223 in January 2021. In 2020, only 8,410 people were caught in the Channel. Last year, 28381 migrants were captured in the Channel.
After it was revealed yesterday that the Prime Minister encouraged Priti Patel, Priti Patel and others to continue with the policy of detaining all male migrants, the Prime Minister appears to be taking steps to reduce the flow of migrants into the UK through the Channel.
The Home Office doesn’t publish any breakdowns of Channel migrants by gender or age, but Miss Patel claimed that 70% of Channel migrants who cross the Narrow sea are single men aged 40 and under.
Mr Johnson’s new gung-ho attitude to border security is part of a series of populist policies which are intended to shore up his tottering premiership as the embattled Tory leader faces calls to quit over the ‘Partygate’ lockdown scandal enveloping Westminster.
According to The Times Miss Patel works closely with Suella Braverman, Attorney-General of India to find out what existing laws allow detention and what powers new MPs would need to approve.
At the moment, only UK-bound migrants can be held and are subject to the law.
Next month, a Royal Navy announcement will be made as part of larger plans to assume operational control over Channel crossings.
These plans would be accompanied with powers to remove Channel migrants from the UK, including proposals to ‘outsource’ asylum claims to third countries.

Pictured are crew members aboard a rigid inflatable boat (RHIB), which is part of the UK Border Force. They were on the way to help migrants escape the dangerous waters of English Channel.

Today, the UK Border Force Hurricane was dispatched to assist several migrants who tried to cross the Channel aboard small vessels.

After it was revealed that the Government intends to stop publishing daily Channel migration figures, Priti Patel was accused of “burying bad information”. Although the Home Office does not publish a breakdown by gender or age of Channel migrants, Patel asserts that 7 in 10 people crossing the Narrow Sea from India are men aged 40 and under.
A Home Office spokesperson said: ‘The British public have had enough of seeing people die in the Channel while ruthless criminal gangs profit from their misery and our New Plan for Immigration will fix the broken system which encourages migrants to make this lethal journey.’
UK authorities have intercepted more than 800 migrants so far this year — more than three times the 223 who sailed across the Narrow Sea in January 2021. The Channel intercepted 28381 individuals last year, while only 8,410 were in 2020.
Home Office officials have warned Miss Patel that 65,000 migrants could cross the Channel this year – more than double last year’s 28,300 record number.
After it was revealed that the Home Office would soon cease issuing daily totals for migrant crossings, in favor of an announcement at every three months of a running total.
Currently, the Home Office issues data once arrivals have been processed and confirmed by the UK Border Force. This is usually on the next day. However, this may stop if the Ministry of Defence (MoD), takes control of operations to intercept migrants.
The move has drawn criticism from Tory MPs – with one saying it ‘seems more like burying bad news than being transparent about crossings.
Unidentified Conservative added: “It looks like covering up. No doubt journalists will create their own figures, based upon people arriving at Tughaven.” [the migrant processing centre in Dover]Freedom of Information and Privacy of Information Requests
Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch UK which campaigns for tougher border controls, added: ‘This is a cowardly act. It is a sign that the Government runs scared.
‘I’m very surprised at Priti Patel, and the British people deserve better from her.
‘Do they really think they can hide the figures from the electorate when all this takes place in the open on our beaches and at our ports?
‘The Home Office can’t simply pretend this problem is not happening, and hope it will go away.’
Internal Home Office documents show officials are planning for a ‘worst case scenario’ of up to 65,000 arrivals this year.
Dover’s Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke said: ‘We need to continue with daily updates.
‘To start reporting them on any other basis I don’t think will be acceptable, particularly for such an important and immediate issue.
‘Not having accurate daily figures risks misinformation being spread about the number of arrivals, and that would be highly damaging to the attempts to try to solve this long-standing crisis.’
Philip Hollobone, another Tory backbencher who is MP for Kettering, said: ‘Any attempt to hide the scale of the problem will raise alarm bells among everyone who is concerned about this.
“Maximum transparency” is required here. Public demand to see daily arrivals numbers.
‘Until the daily figure goes down to zero, they will not be satisfied.
‘Trying to cover up the scale of the problem is helping no-one but the Government.’
Hollobone stated that he will raise concerns with the Home Office.
‘Its strategy to stop people trafficking across the Channel isn’t working. Until we can take people back to France the numbers will keep on going up,’ he added.
In the meantime, furious activists are suing for putting up posters stating “safety at Sea” in Dunkirk’s migrant camp to warn people who might attempt crossing the English Channel.

After putting up posters stating “safety at Sea” (pictured), activists have caused fury among people who are trying to cross the English Channel.
Posters in various languages advised the migrants to stay seated when crossing waterways and to point to anyone who falls in to the sea.
These posters are believed to be the work of activists for Watch The Channel. The poster has a QR code that links to its website.
Critics have condemned the posters for ‘encouraging’ migrants to make the dangerous crossing to England from France.
‘This is dangerous and irresponsible communication being given out in the camps by social media and internet-based enablers,’ Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said.
“The Channel crossings can be extremely dangerous, and it puts lives at danger. People should be safe when they land in France.