Migrants wave the middle finger at onlookers on French coast while climbing aboard UK-bound boat as total number of people crossing Channel this year passes 13,000

 

• A group of forty migrants left France on a small boat from French city Gravelines on the northern coast 
• Small children wearing red life jackets were seen being led to boats by adults attempting the dangerous route
• The migrants were seemingly undeterred by vocal support by Tories for Priti Patel's Rwanda policy  

A group of forty migrants including young children set out on an inflatable boat bound for Britain from France today - as Channel crossings passed 13,000 this year.

 

Small children wearing red life jackets were spotted on the French coast near Gravelines before they made the attempt to cross the English Channel.

 

One migrant even flipped the finger at the photographer documenting the departures.

 

The inflatable boat was overcrowded and it is unclear whether it made it to the other side of the water.

 

Children were being led by parents to undertake the dangerous voyage.

 

 

The inflatable boat was very full and it is unclear whether it made it to the other side of the water

 

The migrants have not been deterred by the fact that all the declared candidates in the Conservative leadership race have said they would keep Boris Johnson's Rwanda deportation policy if they become Prime Minister.

 

Home Secretary Priti Patel was among the few cabinet ministers who did not sensationally quit her position earlier this week which triggered Johnson's downfall and is rumoured to be considering a run to become Prime Minister herself.

 

On Wednesday, 166 migrants had to be rescued by the French authorities after their dinghies got into difficulties off the coast in a number of incidents between Calais, Boulogne and Le Touquet.

 

They were returned to French ports and handed over to border police.

 

The official total so far this year to have been detained by Border Force after making the treacherous crossing in small boats has now reached 13,103 in nearly 400 boats.

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