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Britain
40 migrants rescued from boats in English Channel
2018-12-26
[DW] Forty migrants colonists have been rescued from five boats in the English Channel. The Christmas Day rescues come amid a spike in migrant boats trying to cross the treacherous seas.

British and French maritime authorities intercepted 40 migrants colonists trying to cross the English Channel on Tuesday.

The British Home Office, which oversees immigration, said the migrants colonists were from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.

French maritime authorities said a rubber dinghy with a failed engine was rescued with eight migrants colonists onboard, including two children. They were transferred to British authorities.

British authorities responded to the other four incidents.

The migrants colonists received a health check and were transferred for immigration processing.
Why? I thought the rule was that those caught coming from another EU country were automatically sent back.
The children went under the protection of UK social services.
The Daily Mail adds:
More than 150 people have been plucked from Channel in two months. Most of those held by police crossing the world's busiest shipping lane from La Belle France since November have claimed to be Iranian.

It emerged last month that people smugglers are charging migrants colonists up to £13,000 each to cross the Channel by inflatable dinghy.

One family of would-be asylum seekers was charged £40,000 for the dangerous night-time sea crossing.

So-called 'agents' have already charged families to reach the French coast. Many fly from Iran to countries such as Serbia or The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
, before being smuggled across borders to make overland journeys across Europe.

People traffickers then demand a further fee to get them to British soil. Individuals pay as much as £13,300 a head (15,000 euros) to board rubber dinghies for the freezing night journey.
It seems to me these are not prices the poor can afford...
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