The Home Office confirmed 201 migrants crossed the English Channel yesterday, taking the total number of people to have made the perilous journey so far this year to 4,349.
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Thursday, 3rd June 2021, 5:50 pm
Police and coastguard rescue teams were called to the Marina car park at St Leonards at around 10.15am on Thursday (June) after reports of a boat in the water off Hastings.
The coastguard said it coordinated a search and rescue response, working alongside Border Force, Sussex Police and other partners.
Coastguard rescue teams from Hastings, Dungeness and Bexhill, alongside Dungeness RNLI lifeboats and the search and rescue helicopter from Lydd also joined with the rescue.
The Home Office said: “Following a HM Coastguard search and rescue operation today (03/06) near Hastings we can confirm that all occupants onboard the boat have now been accounted for by Border Force.”
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