A group of migrants have been discovered in the back of a lorry at Newhaven ferry port amid a huge police operation.
Two men have been arrested and six people have been taken to hospital, Sussex Police have said.
Emergency services remain at the scene where migrants were found in a "freezer lorry".
GB News has been told that some of the migrants require medical attention.
Migrants have been spotted being removed from a lorry at Newhaven ferry port amid a huge police operationJohn DeCotta
All three emergency services have responded to the incident and are assisting Border Force personnel who are leading the response.
Eyewitness, John DeCotta told GB News: "I have seen all the emergency service vehicles here, there must have been 30 plus.
"There were 15 ambulances that have now left. We are still in the port area with some of us off the boat but we can't go through passport control because police have sealed the whole place off.
"Nobody has been allowed outside of the sealed area."
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There has been no fatalities reported at this stage.
A fleet of ambulances and other emergency service vehicles were waiting at the port as the ferry docked.
Sussex Police has confirmed that a boat carrying a number of people arrived on Newhaven beach earlier today.
One man has been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry to the UK, while a second man has been arrested for illegally entering the UK.
A fleet of ambulances and other emergency service vehicles were waiting at the port as the ferry docked
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The lorry is understood to have arrived at Newhaven on Friday morning, after making the trip onboard the Ro-Ro ferry Seven Sisters.
The ferry makes trips from the French port of Dieppe to Newhaven daily.
A statement from Sussex Police said: "We are currently supporting Border Force, who are the leading agency, and other emergency services after a boat carrying a number of people arrived on Newhaven beach.
"A man has been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry to the UK, and a second man has been arrested for illegally entering the UK.
"The ambulance service has taken six further people to hospital for treatment."
