Good Morning Britain shows footage of migrant boat crossing English Channel live on air

Good Morning Britain viewers were left shocked by the programme showing footage of a migrant boat crossing the Channel. 

The segment saw GMB correspondent Jonathan Swain on a boat 10 miles off the coast, reporting about boats carrying migrants.

The small dinghy had around 10 men in it, and as Jonathan explained was the ‘fourth or fifth’ boat making the crossing this morning. 

The boat had been shadowed by French border control forces before being left to UK Border Force as it entered English waters. 

Jonathan was seen shouting to the men asking if they were ‘ok’ as they could be seen frantically scooping water out of the water.

A concerned Kate Garraway said: “I don’t know if you can see it from where you are, but when the camera zoomed in we could see the boat was sitting very low in the water.

“They all looked quite wet and in fact someone on the port side was bailing out water.

“I don’t think that boat is meant to hold that many people, is it?”

Jonathan explained that she was indeed right, but these migrants would have paid between five and six thousand pounds to make the journey to British shores. 

He said: “No, it’s not. They will have left at first light. These are men who will have paid five or six thousand pounds to be on board.

“There are strict rules here, we can’t intervene. We have informed the Coast Guard. The Border Force are on the water. They seem to be okay.”

Understandably this has left many viewers feeling shocked and angry due to the coverage. 

Many have taken to Twitter to express their concerns, with one user writing: “Cannot believe what I’m watching”.

Another while: “Wtf is going on, on #gmb watching illegal migrants cross the channel,” while one viewer added: “What is wrong with GMB”.