Large numbers of small boats will attempt to cross from France to Britain’s South Coast after a mega-dinghy reached Portsmouth at the weekend, it has been warned.
French officials predicted ‘far more’ migrant dinghies will make the long distance sea voyage from Normandy in the coming weeks.
British experts urged the Home Office to begin preparing for a new escalation of the Channel crisis after an inflatable with 140 people aboard arrived in Portsmouth on Sunday, prompting ugly scenes as protesters clashed with police.
The dinghy had travelled about 70 miles from the Normandy coast – the first migrant boat to make such
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