Hundreds of illegal Migrants Were Seen Marching Onto Trains Without Tickets, but What Happened Next Left a GB News Reporter Stunned

Hundreds of migrants have reportedly been seen using trains and buses to travel from Calais to coastal areas farther south in France, where people-smuggling gangs have recently launched dozens of small boats towards Britain.

GB News Home and Security Editor Mark White said migrants often use public transport to move along the French coast. According to him, some travel around 100 miles from places such as Calais and Dunkirk to areas near Dieppe, where boats are prepared for Channel crossings.

He described the situation as “unbelievable” and “scandalous,” claiming the migrants are rarely stopped or questioned by the French authorities while travelling towards the beaches.

Mark said large groups sometimes board buses and trains without buying tickets. He claimed railway staff are unable or unwilling to challenge them because as many as 200 or 300 people may arrive together.

“The migrants march onto the train, and no one ever stops them because there are about 200 or 300 of them,” he said.

Reports from his team in France suggested more groups were moving towards launching areas. Mark warned that they could attempt to cross the Channel later that evening or the following day because the weather remained calm and favourable.

People-smuggling gangs have reportedly expanded their activities farther south along the French coast. This may be an attempt to avoid police patrols and other measures introduced around the usual departure points near Calais and Dunkirk.

The boats used by the gangs are also becoming larger. Some of the vessels, often called “mega dinghies,” can reportedly carry more than 150 people at once. This allows smugglers to place more migrants on a single boat before sending it towards British waters.

The latest reports come as the British Government faces more questions over its efforts to reduce Channel crossings. Nearly 50 asylum seekers who were returned to France under the “one-in, one-out” agreement have reportedly travelled back to Britain.

Home Office figures show that 1,087 migrants were returned across the Channel between August 4 last year and June 30 this year. This represented about four per cent of the total number of arrivals recorded during that period.

Over the same period, 27,920 asylum seekers reached Britain after crossing the Channel in small boats.

More than 2,000 migrants also crossed the Channel during Andy Burnham’s first two weeks as Prime Minister. Mr Burnham has promised to be “relentless” in tackling the problem.

During a recent visit to a border control site in Dover, he said the number of crossings had fallen by 50 per cent compared with the same period in 2025. He also said July recorded the lowest number of crossings for six years.

However, the Prime Minister admitted that more work still needed to be done. He said his visit to Dover was intended to help him understand the situation directly, speak with border officials and learn what further action could be taken to reduce dangerous Channel crossings.