Hundreds of illegal migrants set sail for Britain as UK braces for record May heat

Hundreds of illegal migrants are setting sail for Britain as the UK is gearing up for record-breaking May temperatures.

GB News can confirm that two dinghies have set off from Belgium and have been escorted to British shores.

Yesterday, almost 400 migrants made the perilous crossing across the Channel over the course of the first day of warm weather.

Today marks the second of at least four days of sunny weather conditions as UK authorities ready themselves for an influx of migrants exploiting the warm spell.

GB News's National Reporter Will Godley, who is reporting on the ground in Dover, explained how the people smugglers are capitalising on the summer sun.

Once crossed into British waters, the two dinghies will be intercepted by British Border Force vessels.

There, the migrants will be collected and put onto boats for a safe journey onto the shores of Dover.

In the first week of May, illegal migrants crossing figures from France reached a shocking new milestone, with more than 200,000 arriving in the UK since the crisis began in 2018.

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