Migrants cross English Channel to UK for 10th day in a row
By SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press
Published: August 13, 2020, 8:58am
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LONDON — Migrants crossing the English Channel arrived in the southern English port of Dover for the 10th day in a row Thursday, as British officials hardened their rhetoric against asylum-seekers.
The migrants, including children, were brought aboard a Border Force patrol boat into Dover harbor, where immigration officials conducted routine assessments for symptoms of the coronavirus.
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