How French helped mega-dinghy make 'longest ever' Channel crossing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman said: 'In response to a report on September 6 of a small boat heading towards the Hampshire coast, HM Coastguard sent lifeboats, an HM Coastguard helicopter, an HM Coastguard aeroplane and HM Coastguard Rescue Teams. 'Border Force, Border Security Command, Hampshire Police and South Central Ambulance Service were also sent.' Councillor George Madgwick, leader of Reform UK in Hampshire, wrote in a post on X that 'over 100 migrant men' had arrived in Portsmouth. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage meanwhile posted: 'A boat launched from Baie de Seine, 170 miles from Calais, arrived on the beaches of Hampshire for the very first time.
45% : Protesters gathered on the beach - and some waded in to the water try to disrupt the arrival - at the moment migrants arrived on a British coastguard ship having crossed to Portsmouth Several people entered the water and told people to stop the coaches leaving, leading to police imposing a dispersal order and later clashes with riot police Riot police were deployed to the scene, though none of the protesters are thought to have been arrested Crowds stayed in the area until as late as midnight on Sunday

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