Border Force ups patrols after ‘unprecedented’ surge in migrants crossing Channel
A Border Force coastal patrol vessel near Troon harbour. CREDIT: ANDREW MILLIGAN/PA ARCHIVE The UK Border Force has increased patrols along the south coast, after an “unprecedented” surge in migrants attempting to reach the UK. Vessels have been redirected to the English Channel after 48 migrants – including a four-year-old boy – were rescued in five separate…