Migrant found with stab wounds on small boat crossing the English Channel

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A migrant was taken to hospital after being found with stab wounds on a small boat that crossed the English Channel.

The boat was reportedly certainly one of eight carrying round 400 migrants intercepted by Border Force officers on Wednesday.

Authorities had been made absolutely conscious of the man’s accidents after he was taken to shore at the Port of Dover. He instructed police he was attacked on a seashore close to Calais.

Around 60 different migrants on his boat had been additionally checked over.

It got here on certainly one of the busiest days for crossings up to now this yr, with footage exhibiting giant numbers of individuals being introduced ashore by officers in Dover.

A Kent Police spokesperson stated: “At 12.52pm on Wednesday 20 March, Kent Police received a report of a man with injuries consistent with stab wounds, following the arrival of a small boat at Dover Western Docks.

“The man was taken to a local hospital for treatment and has since been discharged. He has reported that he was assaulted on a beach near Calais by two men who then stayed in France while he made the crossing to the UK.

“Details of the incident are being passed to authorities in France for further investigation.”

Some 3,529 migrants have arrived in the UK up to now this yr after making the journey from France, in line with the newest provisional Home Office figures.

This week, Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan was additionally hit by an extra delay after defiant friends dug their heels in and inflicted a contemporary defeat towards the controversial coverage.

The House of Lords voted by 271 to 228, majority 43, to press their demand that the laws has “due regard” for home and worldwide legislation.

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