Two migrants rescued after attempting to cross Channel by ROWING tiny dinghy
•Two migrants were rescued after attempting to row across the English Channel in a small dinghy.
•The crossing took more than 12 hours, highlighting the dangers of such attempts.
•This incident coincides with a surge in illegal crossings, prompting the UK government to enhance enforcement measures.
المصدر: GB News | Source: GB NewsTwo migrants have been rescued after attempting to row across the English Channel on a tiny dinghy.
Rescue services were alerted just after lunchtime on Saturday after the migrants were spotted by passing shipping entering UK waters.
The bizarre crossing, one of the smallest ever migrant arrivals, happened just days after authorities recovered 165 illegal immigrants from the biggest migrant crossing on a single boat.
GB News video shows the two men being brought to the migrant processing centre at Dover harbour early this afternoon.
TRENDINGStoriesVideosYour SayOne of the migrants was unable to walk after the mammoth row.
Maritime experts say it likely took the pair more than 12 hours to reach UK waters.
The English Channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
The narrowest part of the channel sees the highest concentration of commercial cargo, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
The UK coastguard started receiving calls about the tiny dinghy just after midday.
The latest two-man migrant crossing takes the number of crossings today to 242.
A total of 883 have arrived since Andy Burnham entered Downing Street at the beginning of the week.
On Thursday, 165 were sent across the Channel on one "mega dinghy", smashing the record for the most migrants crammed into a single dinghy.
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Home Office figures show 172 people arrived on Wednesday and 366 on Thursday after crossing in just three boats, before another 103 yesterday.
Responding to the surge in larger boats crossing, a Home Office spokesman said: "Smuggling gangs are taking greater risks than ever with the number of people they are cramming into unseaworthy boats rising year on year.
"This crossing serves as a stark reminder that criminal gangs have no regard for the safety of those they claim to help - the reality is clear and lives are being lost in the Channel as a result.
"This is exactly why we have signed a new deal with the French to prevent these perilous journeys by boosting enforcement action on beaches, building on the over 45,000 attempted crossings stopped since the election."
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→Two migrants were rescued after attempting to row across the English Channel in a small dinghy.
→The crossing took more than 12 hours, highlighting the dangers of such attempts.
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