A flotilla of boats crossing the Channel to mark the 85th anniversary of the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk was forced to divert so that Border Force could escort a migrant boat coming the other way. The party of “Little Ships” was crossing the Dover Strait to commemorate Operation Dynamo—where more than 338,000 Allied troops were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk during World War Two.
However, the 66 ships marking the day were forced to divert en route from Ramsgate to Dunkirk, as UK Border Force and the French Navy demanded a one-nautical mile exclusion zone around the vessel.
An observer told The Telegraph: “They have asked the British ships to get out of the way. It is one of the most important days in history and they are shoving them out of the way.”
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