Dover lifeboat launched as French Warship and Coastguard Spotter plane currently track 100 plus migrants making foolish deadly journey to the UK in two dinghies under darkness

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Published: 3:17 am December 4, 2021

Updated: 4:36 pm March 8, 2026

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Despite the deaths of 27 people being killed at sea just over a week ago foolish migrants have taken to the water using the cover of darkness in France, we can reveal.

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The two dinghies are understood to have entered the water at Gravelines in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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