5 d. ago MP Rupert Lowe apologises after mistaking charity rowing crew for illegal migrants

The Independent MP, who won the Great Yarmouth seat for Reform UK before being ousted from the party, claimed yesterday that 'dinghies' were heading towards the Norfolk coast.

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5 d. ago Border Force search charity row boat mistaken for ‘illegal migrants’ by Rupert Lowe

A group of charity rowers were stopped and searched by a Border Force patrol boat after MP Rupert Lowe mistakenly identified them as “illegal immigrants” on social media.

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5 d. ago Rupert Lowe reports charity rowers to coastguard as possible ‘illegal migrants’

MP agrees to donate £1,000 to crew’s fundraising effort after alerting authorities to rowing boat off Great YarmouthThe independent MP Rupert Lowe has agreed to donate £1,000 to a charity after mistaking its rowing crew, including a former Royal Marine, for “illegal migrants”.Lowe, who was elected as a Reform MP but now sits as an independent for Great Yarmouth, said he had shopped the crew to the authorities and vowed to do everything he could to have them deported if they turned out to be what he suspected. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago MP Rupert Lowe admits mistaking charity rowing crew for ‘illegal migrants’

The fundraising boat crew was contacted by the Coastguard near Great Yarmouth.

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6 d. ago MP's embarrassing blunder after mistaking charity rowing team for 'illegal migrants'

After satisfying the coastguard that their boat was not carrying migrants, they continued, but several hours later were contacted again by the coastguard

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6 d. ago Charity rowing crew mistaken for Channel migrants by Norfolk MP

After satisfying the coastguard that their boat was not carrying migrants, they continued.

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