A knife-wielding migrant successfully climbed on board a small boat crossing the Channel just seconds after threatening to “kill” those on the vessel.
In shocking footage shared with GB News by Nowhere Photographer, dozens of migrants can be seen attempting to embark on the journey to Britain from just south of Hardelot-Plage in northern France.
As the boat turned towards a group waiting to board, an argument erupted between a man already on board and another attempting to get onto the vessel.
The confrontation rapidly escalated when the man attempting to board produced a large knife and appeared to lunge towards the man on the boat in what looked like an attempted stabbing.
During the confrontation, the migrant can be heard shouting: “I will kill you.”
Fortunately, the man dropped the knife before he could reach his intended target.
But just moments later, the same man managed to climb aboard the vessel as it set sail for Britain.
The identity of the migrant seen wielding the knife and whether he has reached British shores is currently unknown.
Violent incidents involving migrants attempting to cross the Channel not uncommon, with several incidents, which have turned deadly in some instances, reported in recent months.
In July, French authorities launched a probe after the body of a migrant was discovered on a beach in the Calais area.
Investigators believe those responsible may have escaped to Britain aboard a small boat after allegedly stabbing the man to death.
The following month, another investigation was launched after an Afghan national was found dead in an overcrowded dinghy in the English Channel.
Detectives suspect the 34-year-old migrant may have been attacked by fellow Channel crossers aboard the vessel before suffering a cardiac arrest that proved fatal.
The disturbing incident revealed by the People’s Channel comes after hundreds of migrants crossed the English Channel for the first time in more than three weeks on Thursday.
Before yesterday the last successful illegal crossings were on October 7, when 119 migrants arrived on two large dinghies.
Just after 8am on Thursday, the Border Security Command vessel Contender arrived at Dover Harbour with the first batch of migrants taken from a dinghy in the middle of the Channel.
GB News counted 72, mostly young men, as they disembarked the Border Security Command vessel and were taken to the nearby migrant processing facility for health and security checks.
More than 80 other illegal immigrants were also spotted on board a so-called taxi boat, a large dinghy thought to have launched from a beach in Belgium earlier on Thursday.
The taxi boat called into a beach near Dunkirk and picked up dozens of other migrants who waded out into the water to clamber on board.
The latest arrivals have taken the total number of migrant crossings so far this year to more than 21,000.
GB News provided information about this latest incident to the Home Office and asked them to provide a statement.
They refused to provide a comment, saying that despite multiple requests, they had not been provided with the footage itself.
They have previously said: “We have made progress tackling the small boats. Crossings are down significantly, and we have just recorded the lowest number of summer arrivals since 2020.
“Joint efforts with international partners have prevented over 50,000 crossing attempts and seized 1,100 boats and engines since the election.
“But we must go further. That’s why we are boosting the number of officers on the ground in France and removing the pull factors drawing people here through illegal and dangerous routes.”