20% of their activity is rescuing/taxi services for illegal immigrants. The RNLI try to hide this in a press release claiming its just 3% of launches. But when you dig into the data you can see that it's nonsense to compare the cost of launching an 80k dingy with a 100bhp outboard with a £2M+ all weather class. When you look at the costs to operate you get to the number 20% - £30-36M approx.
They frequently enter French waters to collect illagals. This is just the last few days of the dover based vessel. I've added distances to show better on the map. (start is the divider start not the start of the trip). This is MMSI 232002480 in case you want to check.
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