233 rescued from Channel

Published date17 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
According to the latest Ministry of Defence figures, six boats were intercepted in the Channel on Wednesday and 233 people were rescued and brought to shore

In Dover, Kent, at least two Border Force boats brought approximately 150 people ashore including around 30 children.

However, Border Force and RNLI ship activity suggests some may have been taken ashore in Dungeness or Ramsgate.

People are then put on buses and sent to processing centres.

The majority of people brought ashore in Dover were men aged from their late teens to their 30s or 40s but there was also a number of women and young children.

Two boats used to attempt the crossing were brought into Dover...

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