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2019-12-30 Britain
Pregnant woman is among dozens of migrants rescued from English Channel as at least three trafficking boats are intercepted by Border Force guards
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Authorities rescued expectant mother with 19 others near Dunkirk this morning

  • Two other vessels, one near Kent with 11 from Iran, and the other with 11 near Calais, also stopped today

  • It’s the latest migrant landing since Boxing Day, when group of 49 were detained including Iranians, Iraqis and Afghans, plus another 14 by the French

  • More than 125 migrants who entered the UK illegally via small boats have been returned to Europe in 2019, while more than 1,700 have crossed the Channel in small boats

  • Home Secretary vowed illegal migrant crossings of Channel would be halved
Posted by Skidmark 2019-12-30 10:56|| || Front Page|| [11 views ]  Top

#1 Just more boat floaters, but claiming from Iran.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-12-30 11:26||   2019-12-30 11:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Towed back to France or were they "rescued" by government people traffickers?
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-12-30 13:37||   2019-12-30 13:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Guys - you really banned that word? Better to sidebar the Seven Dirty Words so I can print them & put them on the side of my computer.
Posted by Raj 2019-12-30 14:19||   2019-12-30 14:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Didn't they hear what a hellhole England has become under Boris Johnson? Last I heard, minorities and illegals were terrified of what he would do.

(No one was leaving... Just like here in the US.)
Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-12-30 16:58||   2019-12-30 16:58|| Front Page Top










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