GB News halted for breaking migrant alert as hundreds arrive in UK
GB News’ Will Godley was reporting live from Dover (Image: GB News)
GB News was halted for a major breaking alert live from Dover, as Border Force vessels carrying 900 migrants arrived onshore. During Sunday’s (May 24) programme, presenter Charlie Peters was joined by National Reporter Will Godley via video link, who confirmed the warm weather made it the perfect conditions for hundreds of small boats. He said: “It’s hot, it’s sunny, the sea’s calm and all of that is being taken advantage of by the people smugglers sending out small boats on mass this weekend.”
The reporter continued: “The last three days, more than 900 small boat migrants arrived here in the port of Dover, almost doubling the total for May. “With the hot weather continuing today and into tomorrow, it’s likely that number could increase.” Will revealed: “Two border force vessels arrived here in the port, both of them carrying small boat migrants…
GB News halted for breaking migrant news (Image: GB News)
“The first arrived just after 1pm this afternoon, and on board there were 83 small boat migrants, including 15 women and seven children, according to our GB News provisional figures.
“And then, some 20 minutes later, we saw arrive and dock in port the Border Force vessel Defender. On that boat, there were 74 small boat migrants, among them 10 women and three children, including a tiny baby being carried off the boat as well.”
Will continued: “Both of those boats met small boats in the channel at midday, at the halfway mark between England and France, and the small boats set off from the French coast just after 4:00 in the morning.
