Clowns entertain illegal migrants in France waiting to cross Channel into Britain

Clowns entertain illegal migrants in France waiting to cross Channel into Britain  GB News

The clowns had earlier helped prepare free hot lunches before launching a musical parade through the camp.

A RECORD 230 migrants arrived on UK shores in a single dinghy this morning, with Nigel Farage branding the crisis a “national security emergency”. The migrants reached Dover at around 2.30am after setting off from France overnight, marking the largest number ever to successfully cross the Channel on one boat. Reform UK

Britain has been grappling with how to curb the perilous and politically contentious crossings, which in recent years have seen tens of thousands of migrants arriving annually on the shores of southeast England.

A record 230 migrants in one small boat crossed the Channel to Britain, France’s lifeboat service and U.K. media said Monday, in the latest example of larger numbers of people packing into a single vessel.

People smugglers are using larger vessels as pressure from French authorities makes it more difficult to launch crossings

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 10, 2026 11:35am Updated August 10, 2026 11:35am It has become relatively common to see vessels carrying more than 100 people (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire) A record 230 migrants have arrived in the UK on a single small boat, underscoring a change in tactics by

Record 230 migrants cross Channel in a single dinghy  The Times

Home Office condemns 'reckless and dangerous tactics' used by people smugglers