Migrants take 12-metre fishing boat in `unprecedented` trip across the Channel
(The Guardian France)

French authorities surprised at unusually large vessel Iranian group took to make the trip to the UKA group of Iranian migrants took a 12-metre (40ft) fishing boat from a French port and sailed across the Channel to Britain, slipping past border officials to complete their journey.Seventeen migrants, including three children, reached England early on Tuesday aboard the fishing boat believed to have been stolen from a port near Calais, British officials confirmed. Related: Home Office scraps scheme that used NHS data to track migrants Continue reading...