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‘Invasion’ rhetoric sparked by refugee Channel crossings is ‘dangerous,’ human rights groups warn
At least 235 people made the dangerous 20-mile journey across the channel in one day
A Border Force vessel brings a group of people thought to be migrants into Dover, Kent, following a number of small boat incidents in The Channel

“INVASION” rhetoric sparked by refugees crossing the English Channel is “dangerous” and “dehumanising,” human-rights groups said today as the number of people reaching Britain hit a record high.

At least 235 people, the largest number in a single day, landed on the Kent coast after making the perilous crossing from France in 17 small boats.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage published a video allegedly showing a group of refugees, including children, getting out of a boat in Kent and described the scene as a “shocking invasion.” 

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