THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Hundreds of Boat Migrants Flood Britain After Pause in Crossings.
Britain has seen its first successful boat migrant crossings in ten days, with nearly 500 arriving.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Around 500 boat migrants crossed the English Channel and arrived in Britain in a single day, ending a ten-day pause in small boat arrivals. Seven vessels reached British waters on Thursday, with 494 migrants brought to the Border Security Command compound in Dover, Kent, marking the first crossings since August 17, when approximately 250 migrants arrived. DETAIL: The latest arrivals come after a series of increasingly large migrant boats have crossed the Channel, including a record-setting “mega-dinghy” carrying 230 people earlier this month. More than 77,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since Labour came to power in July 2024, and crossings have accelerated during Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first…Open