People rescued from Channel given tents after lifeboat station judged ‘unsuitable’
People rescued from Channel given tents after lifeboat station judged ‘unsuitable’
People rescued from the Channel were given shelter in tents after weight of numbers meant they could not be given refuge in a lifeboat station (Picture: PA/Facebook)
British officials had to provide pop up tents after an RNLI lifeboat station was judged ‘unsuitable’ for large numbers of people rescued from the English Channel.
The Home Office went online to buy the emergency shelters on the…