An inflatable dinghy, thought to have been used by migrants to cross the English Channel, has been found washed ashore on an Isle of Wight beach.
The discovery was made on Thursday lunchtime at Whale Chine, off Military Road.
The damaged inflatable, with partially deflated tubing, was discovered on the beach alongside a number of items including an iPod, an Adidas hat and bag, and a container of fuel or water.
It’s unclear at this time if the occupants of the boat managed to make it ashore and, if so, whether they came ashore in the South Wight.
The boat – with a missing outboard – is marked MG28.
“The damaged inflatable, with partially deflated tubing, was discovered on the beach alongside a number of items including an iPod, an Adidas hat and bag, and a container of fuel or water.”
From the type of expensive belongings they have just randomly left then it is plain that these are not (nor ever are) refugees who have had to flee some war torn, economicly deprived counry but rather economic migrants who already have money but wants more from the back of a country who they know will grant it to them.
it is simple – anyone arriving from france in a dinghy should simply be dumped back in france – as it is not a war torn country. Demand that france push them back into the country next door, that they travelled through and keep that up – until they reach the place they left.
sponging leeches are not wanted or welcome
Do you not think as many do that this tendency of laxity in these matters isn’t being actively encouraged in the higher realms of power ? All part of the Kalergi agenda of diluting the cultural/political sovereignties’ of the nations being infiltrated,without a shot being fired essentially.
When people flee a war torn country they call home they leave with a bag of belongings as before war came to their country they lived exactly like we do, work, home, belongings. If you were to flee wouldn’t you pack some things for the journey? Not knowing where you’ll end up, not knowing if you’ll see home again. Not EVERY person seeking refuge is a scammer for gods sake!
Honestly IE readers are bottom of the barrel. And bizarrely the only report. So factor that in. Depravity knows no bounds here. Like a 4chan for type 2 Caucasians
Fills me with sadness, all the negative comments from racist and inhumane people on the Isle of Wight. They should go spend some time in a war zone and see for themselves what this world is really like. You were all just plain lucky you were born here and not there. Go get some lessons in compassion. One day it might be you. Thank you Realist, you make me feel less alone with my opinions…
These leaches arnt from war zones are they,
I bet most of them could spell Leeches though.
Is doesn’t matter what countries the so called refugees come from. They have no right to invade a country to then claim political asylum. They are supposed to do so in the first safe country they enter. You only have to look at towns and cities to see the increase in major crimes committed by these people. They are in the UK for the free handouts they are given and nothing else.
You’re very wrong about that. There is no set rule or law about claiming Asylum in the first country they get to. They can pass through 100 countries if they needed to, and could still claim Asylum at the 95th
When we see videos of so called refugees in Folkestone etc. They all have smart phones etc. Many are not even from war torn countries, if they are then they are young enough to fight for their country just like our young men and women did during our wars. Many conveniently lose their passports etc so that they cannot be returned to wherever they originally came from, this is because they are hiding something. The dinghies are the modern day Trojan Horse.
Your very nieve they do have all this stuff. A lot of them are young men trying to escape their country
albania has no war love!
The racism is truly alive on this post, don’t believe me? Watch the thumbs down for someone calling it out.
Shame such a beautiful place is full of such disgusting people. I’m sure it will all come back round to the vile brexit trolls one day.
Hope they made it safe and well. Plenty of empty houses on the island. Fill em up.
Youl take some of them in right?
No, thought not, so why should the rest of us!!
I don’t recall saying no. But I’m happy for some of my taxes to aid support. Unlike you you right wing tool.
He is NOT right wing… he is… right
Unlike the long left and liberals
Yours taxes won’t even cover your use of NHS for you lifetime. Never mind anything else
Perhaps try grammar school again before foisting your opinion on others.
Will you house them was and remains my question? I and the rest of the tax payers are helping fund Ukraine without the virtue signalling, we are giving billions in aid.
I guess you dont pay taxes, being a lefty benefit scrounging sjw.
Stacy, they are here illegally. They could be drug dealers, murderers and thugs. A report released recently stated, majority of these illegals are from Albania. We all know Albania is not part of the EU and have many drug and gang problems. You really want people like that living here on the island? We’ve got a big enough drug problem already, we don’t need anymore.
Daily Mail reader?
Also, very regrettably, we are no longer part of the EU. We have drug and gang problems. You’re skating on thin ice here sunshine
They usually dump the life jackets close to the boat if they reach shore. If they were the other items, then expect new faces at the car washes.
Tory Brexit Britain 2022
Nothing to do with Brexiit.
Actually it is. Before Brexit we had an agreement with France called the Dublin Treaty. This enabled us to send migrants back to France. Since we left the EU we no longer have this.
France have never kept to their agreement to protect our water. They just let them though.
We control our own Borders apparently.
They actually did through, until brexit. But that would require rubbing brain cells together. Which plural is an oversight for you.
What a vile bunch of I’ll informed reactionary bunch of right wing Tories on here. I guess you believe the utter rubbish in the Mail & Express
We now pay France to stop these invaders. But these people are not true asylum seekers as they are not able to show the required documents that are required.
The Dublin Agreement never worked anyway as with many agreements with the EU. It was not a Tory Brexit simply because the public went against Cameron’s wishers and voted to leave.
Shut-up idiot, it was a “Democratic” vote by the people, not a Tory brexit….if you hate democracy that much, then go to China and stay there….
Oh, do grow up.
Yeah you “won”, but none of the promised benefits of Brexit have materialised. Not one.
You were lied to. They were blatant and obvious lies that anyone with an ounce of them intelligence could see through. You were told they were lies time and time again, yet still you voted to give control of your life to billionaire elitists.
And look what it got you. Increased migration with fewer being returned, spiralling cost of living, massive border queues, masses of extra tape for businesses and giving the Scottish an excuse for another independence referendum.
You were had, scammed and taken for fools.
You are an idiot.
I’m sure I saw a unicorn frolicking across the sunlit uplands this morning. Wasn’t sure as my view was blocked by all the lorries queuing to get to Dover…………….
Seeing how many people gave the thumbs down makes me very worried about the stupidity of the British public. Can anyone actually give a factual benefit of Brexit?? The answer is NO but the imbeciles still support it.
It was a vote based on the lies of the little Hitler called Johnson
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes…
Its started,oh dear oh dear oh dear.
I was on holiday on the island and saw that boat thursday morning a few hundred metres off the coast. Tried using binoculars, there was definitely people alive in there. Didnt know if it was people doing recreational stuff but i half wondered if it was migrants
But you didnt think of calling the coastguard did you.
Why should they ring? Normally the coastguard taxi service is on the ball
But only when somebody dials 999 they are not psychic.
I guess you’d have called some vigilante mates & hung them.
For a minute yeah, but the boat looked in good shape and was moving and no signs of distress, and was close to shore From id guess 600 metres away, how would i be able to tell if its migrants and a bunch of gap year students having a bit of a lark. Cant call coastguard for everything
I saw this boat with a few people in from Freshwater cliffs. I can’t remember what morning, but it was extremely early and they were so far out for a small boat I thought it was strange. They didn’t come into the bay and went further around the coast.
Should have thrown huge boulders from the cliff top into the boat.
That’s enough!! Like a vigilante group scourging here for gods sake!! What’s wrong with you all
Sorry forgot to add i was on niton undercliff, so that kind of fits in
So what’s happening now are the police looking for them or is that is they are now island residents? Come join the long NHS waiting list
I just hope this doesn’t turn out to be some sort of tradegy
What tragedy (that’s how it is spelt) are you talking about? The only tragedy I can think of is that they made it to shore safely.
‘Just sayin’ is classic {firstname} . Code for that person is just a dickhead.
Classic name for a right wing troll, you mean.
Yes!!! Someone with a nice side and a brain at last! Even if they are immigrants they may havd drowned, could of had kids on board? Think first, you’d just kill everyone! No questions!
This is our it starts ive seen helicopters flying about over that area we ha ve to nip it in the bud as it will soon get out of control you may say its only a couple but word gets back were be flooded in the future look at Sandown no disrespect but were can’t look after our own or is this why there building new house developments
Ann. Try the calm app. That was just mad. Punctuation helps too. And I’m writing this after hand surgery.
Thought Newport was even more crowded than usual.
We saw a group of Foreign Individuals dragging small cases a children through a field near Brighstone about a month ago.
Also we saw a group who had been dropped on Forest Road with small cases walking through the grass hedges.
We thought at the time it was unusual ?
Tourists are a great asset to the economy. To which they bolster local service industries therefore improving the quality of local restaurants and food outlets. It’s amazing how economics can work in the right hands.
And l happened on a cultural enricher recently who had no English speaking skills of any effectiveness ,being ‘advised’ by a CAB operative on how best to find housing for his 4 strong brood.
I’m prepared to bet many funds that you wouldn’t say that face to face to someone with an ethnicity that suits your “slave” desires. Absolute keyboard warrior mate. Your generation, Old Moaner, has a LOT to answer for. Maybe you’re the problem
What lovely people you have living on the island, judging by the comments it’s changed a lot since I lived there. Shame makes me less proud to be from the island
Who are you kidding? The Island was never some wonderful utopia of liberal thinking people. It was much worse than it is now actually, you would never see any black people and being gay was scandalous
Wow… You people are awful.
Ukrainian refugees are very welcome: flags everywhere, little yellow and blue hue on your Facebook profile pic. But then they’re white aren’t they. They don’t have to stop at the next country? Nope, not the white ones!
Brown refugees: “dump them back in France”, “invading our country”, “I’m looking for some slaves (!?)”.
There could have been a tragedy at sea with many souls lost. “It’s their own fault” I hear you cry through your red-faced rage. You are a bunch of gammony snowflakes with a total lack of compassion and empathy and an abundance of fascist nationalism. I’m embarrassed that you’re British.
There’s was a few foreigners going about entering peoples property stealing etc at the end of last week we even have the van reg and a picture if them …..NO they’re not welcome here ….
Where they from Freshwater?. People going around in Vans stealing – been going for year’s and 99% are British, Used to be labelled as Irish or Brumies in same way, stereo typical sad people who create false fear’s,yes maybe but don’t tar all with same. Like saying all British white men over 25yrs are Peados,all American teenagers are mass murderers. Without foreigners – you would have no food,no mobile phone,no car’s,no planes,boats, hospitals or a life. We all are needed and important in many ways. These people would work to pay own way,but it’s our government that say’s NO which is why costs tax payers, again I would rather not pay Taxes for consistent law breakers who cause upset and harm to our community and get paid many benefits for their drugged lifestyle.
Maybe because one group are actual refugees fleeing from a war, predominantly women and children while the men fight in the war. The other group is predominantly young Arabic/African/Albanian men with smartphones coming from god knows where.
shameful, a lack of life jackets on the beach is not a good sign if you have a heart.
A lot of truth in that but of course you won’t hear anyone admit it.
Brainwashed cretins abound.God help us.
AGREE WITH YOU JAMIN
They will now hiding in the bushes.
They really ought to stick to Dover. They get instant help there, and unlike the isle of wight they won’t have to pay for a ferry to get onto the mainland.
I hope most of you go and drown in the solent. Absolutely vile people. Hopefully some of you will read this and follow my advice before I get banned for standing up to you selfish racist wastes of oxygen.
spot on.
Sod all to do with race you cretin.It’s an economic/cultural issue,Can’t you grasp this simple concept woketard ?
Did they find any illegal that landed on the island? I live alone very scary are they dangerous maybe desperate please report
There’s always someone trying to come in the back door
Might just have been some fishermen.. !!
Ocean view hotel anyone
Very rarely do you see women and children getting off the boats! It’s always dodgy looking Eastern European lads, there not genuine refugees at all, I’m all up for helping anyone genuinely in need but most of them coming over arnt even escaping anything bad there just coming to get up to no good and send there drug money back! Some of the biggest drug gangs flooding the south are the Albanians and there ruthless!!
Yet most of them have a better grasp of english grammar and spelling than you do.
Some very nasty and racists comments, people need to get fact’s .1) Not all Illegal immigrants are committing crime all over our cities. Albania gang’s travel back and forth to Albania on flights like we go on holiday, those that are seeking refuge are mostly fleeing the gangs in Albania.
2) French charities provide clothing and phones ,homes let them charge phones/shower/laundry etc. 3) Yes I do offer a home for two refuges ,it’s some of the nutters on the Island who drug use and always crashing their/stollen cars you should worry about.
The world is a big place, just because you from another country/culture does not make them bad people.
Island Echo, something wrong, when I thumbs up a comment it takes off anything from 5/10 scores so this maybe why comments look a bit odd. Sorry to Realist I approved you’re comment but it added 10 negative – red. Others I tried to negative and added 5 positive green !
I agree. Very suspicious. Internal investigation needed.
Glad to see we’ve regained control of our borders!
I do hope No One has lost their life.
Interesting comment related to a trojan horse, I have been concerned since first seeing the boats full of young men who put their hoods up when the cameras are on them, is there an underlying agenda beside money seems like an organised following of some sort. I have written to government raising concerns as I suspect many of you have. It is inappropriate how we are dealing wit illegal immigration, we are a laughing stock.
We are rapidly moving towards losing status as a sovereign state.
Apparently 8,000 illegal immigrants that we know of in August
These comments are hilarious. Our 99.9% white British island *may* have a dozen or so immigrants on it and you’re all losing your mind
Yes because we’re over crowded and struggling to fend for ourselves as it is. Find them and send them back the land they’ve come from is far bigger and wealthier than this one.