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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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A group of people thought to be migrants are escorted by Border Force officers following a number of small boat incidents in the Channel, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 in Dover, England.
A group of people thought to be migrants are escorted by Border Force officers following a number of small boat incidents in the Channel, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 in Dover, England. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP) Photo Gallery

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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