Illegal migrants make record 22-hour Channel crossing as hundreds arrive in UK

Illegal migrants make record 22-hour Channel crossing as hundreds arrive in UK

Maritime security sources have condemned reckless criminal gangs, who sent hundreds of illegal migrants on a dangerous 22-hour Channel crossing overnight.The migrant arrivals are the first illegal crossings in more than a fortnight as windy conditions in the English Channel subsided on Sunday.Three migrant boats were launched from beaches around the Dieppe area at 7am yesterday, more than 100 miles south of the normal launch points around Dunkir…