Home Office announced this afternoon that another 17 Illegal Immigrants entered the UK.
Early hours of this morning two small boats carried 17 illegal immigrants just over halfway across the English Channel before being intercepted by Border Force. They were then ferried to Dover Western Docks. Unloaded from the Border Force vessels and led into the immigration processing centre.
They will then be ‘processed’ and taken to a hotel via a Loyalty Connections coach. From there they will be ‘temporarily’ housed until their asylum claim is processed.
That brings this year’s number of illegal arrivals via small boats (dinghies, kayaks etc.) to just under 230 this year. As soon as there is a break in the weather, the crossings continue. Last year (2020) the figure for small boat crossings was 8,417.
The French authorities picked up 78 Illegal immigrants on four boats in the Channel. They were taken back to France.
Questions have now been raised as to whether the Border Force officials and coach drivers are social distancing after coming into contact with the illegal immigrants.
The Government guidelines to entering England state:
You must self-isolate in the place you’re staying for the first 10 days after you arrive – even if you tested negative before you arrived in England. This is because of coronavirus (COVID-19).
You may be fined up to £10,000 if you do not self-isolate when you need to. You can be prosecuted if you do not pay the fine on time.
It is reported that the illegal Immigrants are expected to social distance at the hotels but evidence suggests that they’re not listening to the government guidelines.
At Napier Barracks (site housing illegal immigrants), there was a recent Covid-19 outbreak in which over 150 illegal immigrants were tested positive for the virus. Staff at the site have stated that many of the illegal immigrants refuse to adhere to the social distancing guidelines. They have been staging very hostile protests as well as abusing police officers claiming the living conditions of the ex-military barracks are ‘inhumane’. Roughly 100 have been moved to a hotel to make social distancing ‘easier’ for the residents.
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