Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel in misty conditions

Pictures showed a Border Force boat arriving through the mist in Dover before passengers were met by officials at the port.

Anahita Hossein-Pour
Tuesday 21 January 2025 07:52 EST
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by a Border Force vessel in misty conditions (Gareth Fuller/PA)
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by a Border Force vessel in misty conditions (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA Wire)

Migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in misty conditions.

A group of people wearing life jackets were brought ashore from a Border Force vessel in Dover on Tuesday.

Pictures showed the boat arriving through the mist before passengers were met by officials at the port.

Conditions at sea are expected to be calm with rain and patches of fog later on Tuesday until midday on Wednesday, according to the Met Office.

The arrivals come several days after the last recorded crossings of 183 people entering the UK on three boats on Friday, according to Home Office data.

Provisional figures show 890 people have made the journey to the UK so far this year.

This is 43% up from the same point last year when 621 people were recorded.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in