More migrants risk their lives to cross the Channel just over a week after tragic family were killed when boat capsized off France
- The group of men and women braved chilly November conditions to reach UK
- More than 7,500 migrants have successfully made the perilous crossing this year
- This is despite Priti Patel repeatedly vowing to make the route ‘unviable’
Around half a dozen people attempting to cross the Channel were today brought ashore in Kent by immigration officials, after nearly 100 migrants made the same perilous journey in just two days.
Seven men and one woman braved chilly November conditions in the English Channel in a bid to reach Britain.
Wearing face coverings and blankets to keep warm, they were seen huddled in a small dinghy before they were brought ashore by Border Force.
Pictures of the incident show the group wearing orange hi-vis life jackets and face coverings on board a Border Force vessel, with one man seen draped in a blanket after reaching the shore.
It comes after 96 people made the same journey across the English Channel over Thursday and Friday, according to figures from the Home Office.
A boat full of migrants was brought into Dover this morning, just over a week after a Kurdish-Iranian family was killed making the same journey
The group of men and women braved chilly November conditions in the English Channel in a bid to reach Britain
Numbers of people crossing the Channel dropped off sharply in October and November, likely as a result of colder temperatures and choppy seas
People aboard three boats arrived on Friday while a young child and a woman believed to be the mother were among those led ashore the day before.
The crossings are the first following the deaths of a Kurdish-Iranian family, who lost their lives when their overcrowded boat sank off the coast of France last week.
On October 27, Rasoul Iran-Nejad and his wife Shiva Mohammad Panahi, both 35, lost their lives along with their children Anita, nine, and Armin, six.
Numbers of people crossing the Channel dropped off sharply in October and November, likely as a result of colder temperatures and choppy seas.
Nonetheless more than 7,500 migrants have successfully made the crossing to the UK this year.
This comes despite Home Secretary Priti Patel repeatedly vowing to make the route ‘unviable’.
Wearing face coverings and blankets to keep warm, they were safely brought ashore having been spotted off the Kent coast
This comes despite Home Secretary Priti Patel repeatedly vowing to make the route ‘unviable’
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