More than 400 migrants have been intercepted or rescued while crossing the Channel on small boats, the Home Office has confirmed.French officials dealt with 28 people in two incidents on the same day.
Dan O'Mahoney, Clandestine Channel Threat Commander, said a rise in crossings was being driven by criminal gangs and a surge in illegal migration across Europe. The Home Office said nearly 300 arrests relating to small-boat criminality had been made since July 2020 when a joint intelligence cell came into operation, and the French had seized more than 400 equipment items.
The department said the Channel was one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, and "an extremely dangerous environment".
Gammons in the comments seem to have a huge problem with people from other countries. I find it hilarious.
Why don’t they just shoot the boats. Better that than yet more single middle eastern men coming to raid our benefits and health system. Our needy come first. Not these free loaders.
Intercepted or picked up and given a free ride to British shores?
What is FRANCE doing to deter these people ?. Probably nothing they don't want them in there country.. why are they risking there lives to come to the UK?.
I notice you didn't mention the latest government figures released. The number of asylum applications to the UK peaked in 2002 at 84,132. It fell to 17,916 in 2010 then 35,737 in 2019. In 2020 it fell to 29,456 applications.
Asylum seekers
And hopefully these illegal immigrants were returned to France. I can't be bothered to read the article about these illegals, it just makes me too mad. We have weapons,we should use them.
And transported to the uk by HM Border Force Taxi service. ukhomeoffice
“Intercepted” aka
its an invasion
Rescue or intercept? that is que question...
Intercepted as in taxied into Dover?
they comin because they put inhotels put them in tents like other countries we are payin for these hotels
All sent back to France..... NOT!!
😡🤬🤯
Just like the fish, they're yours now 👍
Isn't it great that UK tax payers are funding water taxis for ILLEGAL immigrants now too 👏🙄
400 human beings.
Boris Broadcasting Company pushing their agenda again.truely sickening.
Surely to fuck the headline should read France intercepts 428 illegal crossing and unfortunately 28 were intercepted and landed in Dover
Keep the boats! We might need them to escape. 🤭
That headline suggests the vulnerable people are heat seeking missiles.
Another 400 council houses gone!
And returned to France
We are losing against this invasion…
Take them 2 France👍
So we're still doing this, while ignoring the billions the Tories have embezzled to their cronies, using a pandemic as cover. BBC News is not fit for purpose.
great, we need more people to fill the jobs no one here can be bothered to do.
By interception, you mean brought ashore !! 🤬🤬by migrants, you mean illegals !!🤬🤬
I do wish media would stop using the word 'migrants'..They are illegal immigrants who should have claimed refugee status in their first port of call
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