Rescue boats, a helicopter and an airplane participate in intercepting a boat of illegal immigrants in the English Channel

Rescue boats, a helicopter and a UK Coast Guard plane participated in the operation. The intercepted boat was heading to the coast of the English county of Hampshire, coming from the town of Jobourg (Normandy region), northwestern France.

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Britain and France strengthen measures to combat illegal immigration

The illegal immigrants were transferred to boats operated by the Royal National Lifesaving Institution at Sea (RNLI) and brought to Portsmouth. They are expected to be transferred from there to Manston in the county of Kent in southeast England, where the immigration detention center is located.

Since 2018, more than 205,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the English Channel to Britain on rubber boats. The problem of illegal immigration in the United Kingdom worsened after its exit from the European Union, although this issue in particular was one of the main reasons behind “Brexit.”