Five detained after migrant boat reaches Kent coast without being intercepted

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Sep 22

Five detained after migrant boat reaches Kent coast without being intercepted: A minister has insisted the UK’s borders are secure after a migrant boat reached ...

BBC Sep 22

Arrests as migrant boat reaches Folkestone without being intercepted: Five people have been detained and an investigation launched, the Home Office says.

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Two men dead, baby critically ill after migrant boat reaches Spain's El Hierro island

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Sep 24

‘Can’t stop everything,’ minister says after two migrant boats arrive undetected: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has ordered an urgent review by the Border ...

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Sep 23

Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent: The arrivals of two unescorted migrant boats mark the first uncontrolled landings recorded in ...

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Sep 23

Second small boat lands undetected on Kent coast in as many days: The Home Secretary has ordered a review after Border Force failed to intercept a second migrant ...

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Sep 23

Home Secretary orders urgent review as second small boat in two days reaches UK shores

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Sep 22

UK borders are secure, minister says after migrant boat reaches coast undetected: Defence minister Luke Pollard dismissed suggestions the Government had lost ...

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Sep 22

Migrant dinghy reaches UK without being intercepted by Border Force as five detained in first breach in a year

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Border Force fails to intercept small boat: Embarrassment for Home Office after five migrants land undetected on Kent beach in first such incident for a year

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Jan 10

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