Heavily pregnant mum and kids cross channel with migrants using rubber ring
A HEAVILY pregnant woman and her children were among a record number of migrants who made it across the Channel to Britain today.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has demanded Border Force officials to carry out a review of our defences in the Channel following calls to send in the Navy to tackle the crossings.A Home Office source said: “Priti has ordered a review into our maritime assets in the Channel, and our presence obviously needs to be increased.”
"When you think she’s doing such a risky crossing over the Channel when she’s heavily pregnant, it must be such a frightening thing to do.”It was the highest daily total on record — topping the 202 on July 30An estimated 230 took advantage of the calm waters to tackle the 21-mile straightBuilder Justin Legge, 49, was on his way back from Calais on his support boat in the early hours of the morning when the group was spotted ten miles from Dover.
Pierre Henri Dumont admitted that boats which were in English waters were sent to Dover, and not taken back to France.
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