Rare unescorted migrant boat lands in Kent as Home Office investigates Channel crossing breach

An unescorted migrant dinghy reached the Kent coastline near Folkestone on Monday — the first such uncontrolled landing in a year and only the second since 2022. Five people were detained on Kingsdown Beach after a GB News producer spotted them and alerted authorities, prompting the Home Office to launch an official investigation into how the vessel slipped through the usual French-British surveillance net.

The incident, described as...