Migrant STABBED on small boat while attempting to cross English Channel

The dinghy was one of eight small boats that reached UK waters on the busiest day of Channel crossings so far this year.

The casualty was transferred to the Walmer lifeboat and taken to Dover harbour.

GB News Kent producer filmed as an ambulance arrived at the harbour to meet the lifeboat. A short time later, that ambulance left for hospital under blue lights, but there is no word yet on how seriously injured the migrant is.

The remaining group of more than 60 migrants from the boat at the centre of the incident were taken onboard the Dover lifeboat. At Dover harbour, police officers were seen at the quayside checking migrants as they came off the lifeboat.

The migrants were then taken to the nearby Border Force migrant processing facility for further checks.

A Home Office source said that Kent police have taken the lead on the ongoing investigation into the incident.

Kent Police said in a statement: "At 12.52pm on Wednesday 20 March, Kent Police received a report of a man with injuries consistent with stab wounds, following the arrival of a small boat at Dover Western Docks.

"The man has been taken to hospital with injuries which are not described as life-threatening and officers are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances, including where, when and how the injuries were sustained."

The incident happened on the day a record 450 people crossed the English Channel in eight small boats, taking advantages of an improvement in weather conditions.

Wednesday's arrivals beat the previous one-day record this year, when 401 small boat migrants arrived at the beginning of March.