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Concerns about security arise as 30 migrants are transported into Britain following only minimal inspections.

  • The RNLI crew rescued the migrants from a rubber dinghy operated by traffickers.
  • A group of men whose identities are unknown arrived at a beach on the South Coast near a nuclear power station, and were then transported into Britain without much scrutiny.

    Video footage obtained by the Mail reveals the disturbing lack of security at our sea borders during the current high alert for terror attacks in Europe and Britain.

    Last week, a group of 30 migrants disembarked from a charity lifeboat, three days following the Hamas atrocities in Israel.

    They had just been picked up in the English Channel by RNLI crew from a traffickers’ rubber dinghy which had set off earlier that day from France.

    However, they were not inquired about the purpose of their visit to the UK, their identities, or nationalities prior to being directed into the country.

    The group of 30 migrants had just been picked up in the English Channel by RNLI crew from a traffickers’ rubber dinghy which had set off earlier that day from France

    The group of 30 migrants had just been picked up in the English Channel by RNLI crew from a traffickers’ rubber dinghy which had set off earlier that day from France

    After making their way up the steep beach, they were instructed by a small group of Border Force officers and a private security firm employed by the Home Office to take a seat next to a wall of the Dungeness lifeboat house.

    The officers requested that individuals surrender any knives, scissors, razors, or cigarette lighters they may be carrying.

    The items were subsequently placed by a person into a transparent plastic bag. The migrants received wristbands containing two numbers.

    The initial one indicated the specific rubber boat they used for their arrival on that particular day, while the second one represented an individual identification number.

    No one among them underwent a search or even a frisk. They were not requested to surrender their cell phones or provide their identification.

    The group of 30 migrants clambered off a charity lifeboat last week, three days after the Hamas atrocities in Israel

    Last week, a group of 30 migrants disembarked from a charitable lifeboat, three days following the Hamas attacks in Israel.

    Some gave peace signs as they passed our camera crew walking towards a bus – with a driver and several of the border staff on board

    As they approached a bus, a number of individuals extended peace signs towards our camera team. The bus contained a driver and multiple members of the border staff.

    After walking from the lifeboat up the steep beach, they were told by a handful of officers from the Border Force and a private Home Office security firm to sit down beside a wall of the Dungeness lifeboat house

    They were instructed by a few Border Force officers and a private Home Office security company to take a seat next to a wall of the Dungeness lifeboat house after making their way up the steep beach from the lifeboat.

    The officers said anyone carrying knives, scissors, razors or cigarette lighters should hand them over; a number then placed the items in a clear plastic bag

    The officers instructed individuals to surrender any knives, scissors, razors, or cigarette lighters they were carrying. Afterwards, some of the items were collected and placed in a transparent plastic bag.

    A bus drove the migrants to a processing centre along the coast for fingerprinting to try to trace their identity

    The migrants were transported by a bus to a processing center located on the coast, where their fingerprints were taken in an attempt to determine their identity.

    None of the migrants were searched, patted down, or asked to hand over their mobile phones

    No searches, pat-downs, or requests for mobile phone surrender were conducted on any of the migrants.

    No questions were asked about why they had come to the UK or their names or nationalities before they were ushered into the country

    Before being escorted into the country, no inquiries were made regarding their purpose of visit to the UK, their identities, or their nationalities.

    They were among 162 individuals on three traffickers’ boats coming into Kent that day, government figures show

    According to government data, there were 162 people who arrived in Kent on three boats operated by traffickers on that particular day.

    There were no police to stop an escape by the young men, although the beach is next to Dungeness nuclear power station. 

    As they approached a bus, a few individuals extended peace signs to our camera team. The bus contained both a driver and multiple members of the border staff.

    They were transported to a processing facility located on the coastline in order to have their fingerprints taken, with the aim of identifying them.

    According to government data, there were 162 people who arrived in Kent on three boats operated by traffickers.

    The individual who recorded the video and later shared it with the Mail stated: ‘It was possible for them to flee, to vanish without a trace. Usually, armed police officers are present to monitor migrants aboard RNLI boats heading towards Dungeness due to the nearby power station.’

    This year more than 25,000 migrants have arrived by traffickers’ boats over the Channel. The Home Office has been approached for comment.