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A further 16 migrants –

including a child of around

three and two women – were

brought to shore at Rye Har-

bour in East Sussex at around

a ‘man in the water calling for

help in English’ with a belt and

empty plastic bottles 13 miles

off Dunkirk. A source told the

France Info news website the

man is ‘probably’ a migrant.

Last week, an Iranian woman

was feared to be the first to die

• she was presumed drowned

after a boat carrying 20

migrants ran into poor weather

conditions. Charlie Elphicke,

MP for Dover, said yesterday:

‘Day by day there are more

arrivals from France by small

boats across the Channel.

‘It’s clear it’s rapidly heading

to a summer of chaos. Urgent

action is needed by the French

authorities to stop boats set-

ting off from France before

there is another tragedy.’

Retired coastguard Andy

Roberts said weather condi-

tions have been perfect for

migrants to make the journey.

He added: ‘I’m bemused why

this is not being stopped over

in France. The gangs have got

to be stopped.’

The Home Office was con-

tacted for comment.

‘More than 50’

migrants caught

try ing to cross

Channel in a day

MORE than 50 migrants

were intercepted trying to

reach Britain on small boats

yesterday, witnesses said.

Authorities were warned the

situation is descending into a

‘summer of chaos’ as migrants

were rescued off the Kent and

Sussex coasts in Deal, Dover,

Rye, Winchelsea and Hastings.

Border Force officers intercepted

the first boat attempting to cross

the Dover Strait, the world’s busi-

est shipping lane, at around 4am

and brought it back to Dover.

A second, containing 11 migrants,

was intercepted at 5am and a third

arrived at around 10am. Migrants

on those boats were also brought

to Dover to be interviewed by

Home Office immigration officials.

By Jemma Buckley

Crime Correspondent

Successful asylum claims at 16-year high

Humphrys under fire after ‘punch’ joke

‘Domestic abuse is never a

joke, is never acceptable, and

should never be normalised.’

This is the latest in a string of

controversies over comments

by the veteran broadcaster,

who last week was called sex-

ist for saying women are better

at caring for babies than men.

Tom Utley – Page 16

‘A summer of

chaos’

3.30pm. On Wednesday, two

boats carrying 21 male

migrants, including one boy,

were also intercepted.

More than 1,200 people have

attempted the crossing since

January this year and at least

845 have made it to the UK.

The dangerous crossings are

continuing despite fears a sec-

ond migrant may have died

making the journey. Officials in

France have said a male swim-

mer who tried to cross on Sun-

day night is ‘probably’ a

migrant, according to reports.

If confirmed, it would mean

two migrants have now died

crossing the strait. A Belgian

national who was sailing told

officials in France he had seen

THE number of people granted asylum or

other sanctuary from persecution in Brit-

ain has risen to its highest level in 16 years.

Some 18,519 people were offered protec-

tion or resettlement in the year to June 30

• a 9 per cent increase on the previous
  year, Home Office figures showed.
  The level is the highest in a 1-month
  period since a boom in asylum seeking in

003. In the same period to June, three mil-

lion visas to enter Britain were approved,

up 9 per cent on the year before.

Meanwhile, German research suggests

Britain will stay as the top destination for

European migrants after Brexit. Professor

Celine Teney, of the University of Gottingen,

said ‘regulatory changes... play a relatively

secondary role in affecting migration’.

JOHN Humphrys was accused of trivial-

ising domestic violence yesterday after

cracking a joke about a Russian dancer

who punched his wife.

Talking to Tory MP David Davis on BBC

Radio 4’s Today programme, he laughed

at a headline about the dancer, who was

disqualified from a competition after the

punch. Mr Davis, 70, then replied: ‘I guess

this is our last tango,’ in a reference to

Humphrys impending retirement as a

Today presenter after 32 years.

Still laughing, Humphrys, 76, said: ‘It is

indeed. But I promise not to punch you if

you don’t punch me.’ The exchange was

immediately criticised by listeners and

some of Humphrys’ BBC colleagues.

Radio 4 host Jane Garvey said she had

‘no words’ about the comments and Sky

presenter Kay Burley said: ‘Domestic

violence is not a laughing matter.’

Sandra Horley of charity Refuge added:

By Alisha Rouse

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