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Despite UK clampdown bid, 100s cross Channel in small boats

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the English Channel, Monday May 2, 2022. Hundreds of people have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the last 24 hours, British officials said Monday, after more than a week in which no crossings were reported. The Ministry of Defense said 254 people arrived on the English coast in seven boats from northern France on Sunday, and more people were brought ashore by British lifeboats on Monday. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP) A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel, following a small boat incident in the English Channel, Monday May 2, 2022. Hundreds of people have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the last 24 hours, British officials said Monday, after more than a week in which no crossings were reported. The Ministry of Defense said 254 people arrived on the English coast in seven boats from northern France on Sunday, and more people were brought ashore by British lifeboats on Monday. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP) A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel, following a small boat incident in the English Channel, Monday May 2, 2022. Hundreds of people have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the last 24 hours, British officials said Monday, after more than a week in which no crossings were reported. The Ministry of Defense said 254 people arrived on the English coast in seven boats from northern France on Sunday, and more people were brought ashore by British lifeboats on Monday. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
Despite UK clampdown bid, 100s cross Channel in small boats