Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeMigrants are being allegedly lured into crossing the English Channel by smugglers who promise them Covid-19 jabs and hotel stays on arrival. They also said they were promised to stay in plush hotels - and were even shown pictures before crossing the Channel. (Image: Getty Images)The refugee told The Sun : "They told me I’d be taken to a hotel and live there. Yesterday, France said they had rescued a boatload of 42 migrants in the English Channel after their boat got into difficulty. (Image: Paul Bonich Video)Britain has repeatedly pressed French President Emmanuel Macron's government to do more to prevent the migrants leaving France.

Source: Daily Mirror July 24, 2021 11:15 UTC