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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sam Hall

Dozens of migrants who refused help of French coastguard being taken ‘to Dover’

Police at Haslar Marina in Gosport, Hampshire after protesters arrived (Ben Mitchell/PA) - (PA Wire)

Dozens of migrants who refused help from the French coastguard and spent more than 30 hours at sea are being transported “to Dover by water”, an MP has said.

The French coastguard said around 60 migrants on a small boat spent more than 33 hours at sea “in precarious conditions” and refused help as they were “determined to take all risks to reach the United Kingdom”.

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