At least 60 more migrants arrived in Kent today following a break in bad weather after 230 made the perilous channel crossing on Tuesday.
Dozens of people, wrapped in emergency foil blankets, hats and scarves, were seen being escorted to the port of Dover by UK officials at around 12:30pm this afternoon.
As they disembarked from a Border Force boat, one woman was spotted limping as she was helped off a Border Force vessel by officials – appearing to have suffered a leg wound during the treacherous journey.
Heavy winds and storms throughout February temporarily prevented crossings due to the dangerous waters of the channel.
But numbers have increased once again – with more people making the perilous journey on Tuesday than throughout the whole of last month.
At least 60 more migrants arrived in Kent today following a break in bad weather after 230 made the perilous channel crossing on Tuesday. One woman (pictured) was spotted limping as she was helped off a Border Force vessel by officials – appearing to have suffered a leg wound during the treacherous journey
Dozens of people, wrapped in emergency foil blankets, hats and scarves, were seen being escorted to the port of Dover by UK officials at around 12:30pm this afternoon (pictured)
Heavy winds and storms throughout February temporarily prevented crossings due to the dangerous waters of the channel. But numbers have increased once again – with more people making the perilous journey on Tuesday than throughout the whole of last month. One young girl was pictured wearing a leopard print-style jacket who was led to safety by an officer (pictured)
Approximately 40 migrants were escorted into the Port of Dover by UK officials and coastguard volunteers on board Border Force ship Hurricane around 12.30pm this afternoon.
A second group of around 20 people stepped foot on British soil just minutes later via Border Force cutter Hunter.
Those on board looked pleased to reach the UK – waving at bystanders as they approached the port, wrapped in burgundy blankets.
One young girl was pictured wearing a leopard print-style jacket who was led to safety by an officer.
This comes after around 130 migrants – including small children – reached the UK by small boat yesterday.
The Home Office have yet to release official figures for Wednesday.
Meanwhile more Border Force vessels brought in migrants on Thursday afternoon, with one vessel, Hurricane, thought to have had as many as 65 people on board who were mainly men, while another that came in an hour earlier at noon had around 30 on board.
Approximately 40 migrants were escorted into the Port of Dover by UK officials and coastguard volunteers on board Border Force ship Hurricane around 12.30pm this afternoon (pictured)
A second group of around 20 people stepped foot on British soil just minutes later via Border Force cutter Hunter (pictured)
Those on board looked pleased to reach the UK – waving at bystanders as they approached the port wrapped in burgundy blankets (pictured)
This comes as Tuesday’s migrant crossings were the first since 132 people were picked up in the Channel during freezing conditions on February 26 – the second of two incidents reported for the whole month of February.
Including Tuesday’s incident, a total of 1,714 people have so far this year made the treacherous crossing in 58 boats. Today’s tally will take the total above 1,750.
The first of Tuesday’s arrivals – the first migrants attempting to cross the Channel in March – were escorted to the Port of Dover by the RNLI before sunrise, amid heavy fog and rain.
A second group arrived in the UK on board Border Force cutter Searcher after 8am, with more migrants arriving in HMC Hunter a short while later. All were transferred to Border Force at Dover.
This comes as Tuesday’s migrant crossings were the first since 132 people were picked up in the Channel during freezing conditions on February 26 – the second of two incidents reported for the whole month of February.
A further two groups – which included a toddler and a young child – were accompanied to the port by UK officials before midday via Border Force ship Hurricane and lifeboats.
Later in the afternoon more migrants were brought to shore on board Border Force cutter Searcher, while another group was escorted into the UK by lifeboat shortly afterwards.
The final arrivals of the day came into Dover at around 5pm on Border Force vessel Hurricane – wrapped in coats and woolly hats.
All of the arrivals appeared to be suffering as a result of the choppy conditions at sea and could be seen clutching emergency foil blankets around their shoulders and heads.
Yesterday, flimsy rubber dinghies could be seen floating at sea and drifting ashore at Dover – one of which was punctured and partially deflated.
