Bumpy road to Britain: Moment police catch ‘illegal migrant’ stowed inside roof box on family’s car at M20 service station after their return from France Footage shows police officer opening compartment to find man curled up inside Man unloads backpack and is handed a bottle of water at service station in Kent Video was captured … Read more
Day after day, they arrive on Britain’s south coast. This year, almost 6,500 migrants have made the dangerous journey in small boats across the English Channel. On Monday, an overloaded dinghy carrying ten such migrants landed in Kent. The occupants, none of whom was wearing a life jacket, leaped out, ran towards a thicket of … Read more
A disused army barracks in Kent is set to be turned into the UK’s first migrant holding camp as more people make the journey across the Channel, including a father who was today pictured carrying his baby beneath the White Cliffs of Dover. Around 400 people including families, believed to have crossed the Channel in … Read more
Vietnam has jailed four people for helping to smuggle 39 of the country’s citizens to the UK – where they suffocated to death in the back of a lorry. Nguyen Quoc Thanh, 26, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hoa, 36, Tran Dinh Truong, 35, and Nguyen Xuan Trieu, 24, were sentenced to a total of 51 years in prison … Read more
Greek locals have set up roadblocks to stop a new migrant camp being built on the island of Lesbos after the country’s largest shelter burned down on Tuesday. Trucks were blocking access to the smouldering ruins of the Moria camp on Thursday to prevent a clean-up operation that would make way for new tents. ‘Now … Read more
Italian flat earthers saved by migrant rescue vessel off the coast of Lampedusa ‘after sailing to see the edge of the world’ The couple from Venice thought the edge of the world was near Lampedusa They sold their car to buy a boat in Sicily but only made it to the island of Ustica There, … Read more
A suspected migrant was found hiding in a tourist’s roof box this morning when drivers heard thumping sounds at a Kent service station. The shocked driver was parked at Maidstone Services, after travelling back from Calais through the Eurotunnel, when a group of concerned motorists gathered after hearing a ‘thumping sound’ coming from the car’s … Read more
Swedish authorities have taken three children away from their parents after the youngsters were locked in their rooms for four months and the door to their house was ‘nailed shut’ over coronavirus fears. The children, aged 10 to 17, were banned from leaving their apartment and even from seeing each other, according to lawyer Mikael … Read more
Up to six migrant boats are picked up in English Channel with group of 15 in one dinghy as total number of vessels making journey to Britain this year hits 5,000 This is the first crossing of the English Channel since last Thursday Group of around 15 people landed in a dinghy at Shakespeare Beach, … Read more
Great-grandmother, 94, is rescued and brought ashore at Dover after becoming the oldest migrant ever to attempt a dangerous Channel crossing The woman made 21-mile trip to be reunited with family who had already arrived She was taken into the care of social services after being brought to shore in UK But it is thought she … Read more