Nine migrants were picked up Thursday near the UK port of Folkestone on the English Channel after crossing illegally into the country, local media said.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th December, 2018) Nine migrants were picked up Thursday near the UK port of Folkestone on the English Channel after crossing illegally into the country, local media said.Five men, a woman and three children were discovered on the beach after border guards were alerted to the sighting of a small boat close to the shoreline, Sky news cited the Home Office as saying.
This brings past 50 the number of migrants who have crossed the Channel from France in the past week. More than 40 people claiming to be from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan have been intercepted since Christmas Day after trying to reach the UK shore in boats and dinghies.
