GLOATING migrants have been spotted snapping cheery selfies as they attempt to cross the Channel in a bid to enter the UK.
Pictures seen today show dinghies full of celebrating illegal migrants setting off across the Channel.
Several wave to the smartphone as the photo is taken[/caption]
One migrant appears to be celebrating with a selfie[/caption]
Pictures show one boat, laden to the brim with migrants, setting off from a beach in France as one of them snaps selfies.
The boat was seen setting out from Gravelines, France, today, June 30.
Images show the migrants decked out in bright orange lifejackets and holding floatation devices.
One of the men on the dinghy, sitting near the front, can be seen snapping a selfie in celebration.
He holds both hands in the air in joy as he and his mates set out across the Channel.
Others on the boat can also be seen pumping their arms in the air as the dinghy sets off for Britain’s shores.
Some further back in the boat look to be waving for the celebratory snaps.
PM Sir Keir Starmer has come under increasing pressure to turn the tide on a record year of small boats after promising to “smash the gangs” in the election.
It comes after Labour was slammed for signing up to a “migrant merry-go-round” with France.
Ministers are expected to reach a “one in, one-out” returns deal with the French in a bid to deter small boats.
The deal was branded a “gimmick” by Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Phillip.
Starmer has previously admitted that the small boats crisis was “deteriorating.”
Record numbers of migrants have crossed the channel under Labour’s government.
Migrants wave to friends as they push off from France in a small boat[/caption]
Dozens cling onto a single dinghy[/caption]
They can be seen wearing life jackets and clutching inflatable rings[/caption]
Many are now finding easy work and free accommodation once reaching the UK, incentivising others to follow.
A Sun investigation revealed how Channel migrants were picking up jobs as food delivery couriers earning up to £250 a week after arriving in the UK.
The investigation showed how migrants across the country could work illegally from asylum hotels as fast-food delivery drivers within hours of arriving in Britain.
Bosses of Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat were hauled in by the Home Office to discuss the issue.
A Sun reporter successfully completed a number of deliveries just last week after Pretending to be an asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
He purchased the login to the delivery app’s service from a seller called Danyel.
Small boat migrants get illegal £1k-a-week delivery rider jobs within HOURS of landing in UK
By Thomas Godfrey
CHANNEL migrants are working as fast-food delivery riders within hours of arriving in the UK while being housed and fed at taxpayer expense.
They rake in nearly £1,000 a week operating from asylum accommodation, used as hubs for black-market work on apps like Deliveroo and Just Eat.
Migrants in hotels are banned from working in any circumstances if they have been in Britain for less than 12 months.
Even those here longer are not allowed to legally work as delivery drivers.
But at hotels around the country, including in London, Bournemouth and Manchester — each one housing hundreds of asylum seekers — we snapped migrants in branded jackets for Deliveroo, JustEat and Uber Eats. Some rode £1,000 e-bikes while others used public-hire bicycles.
Last night Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said: “This crucial Sun investigation reveals yet another appalling abuse of our immigration system.
“These delivery companies know exactly what they’re doing. It’s a disgrace and they need to be made to feel consequences.”
