UK Border Force officials are at Portland after a vessel that had previously reportedly been denied permission to dock in the Channel Islands arrived at the port on England's south coast.

Video filmed on Tuesday morning (November 26) shows authorities on the scene.

UK media reported that the ferry was Nigerian-registered and that it had sat off the coast of Guernsey before leaving.

The Guernsey Press reported that the vessel had been refused permission to dock in Jersey since it did not have a handling agent. The paper also said that the vessel was refused permission to dock at Guernsey's capital Saint Peter Port due to a lack of berths.

The Guernsey Press also said that clothing and food supplied by the Red Cross and the local Co-op was ferried to the men on board.

MV Jireh had been refused entry to a port in the Chanel Island but has now come into Portland Port. The pictures show Port Police and other officials on board the

Border Force officials are at Portland Port after a ship which had allegedly been denied access to ports in the Channel Islands docked this morning, the Dorset Echo reported.

The MV Jireh had previously been seen anchored in Weymouth Bay at the weekend.

The 45m-long ship arrived in Weymouth on Saturday evening after travelling from Little Russel, a channel running between the isle of Herm and Guernsey, where it had seemingly been anchored for several days.

Formerly named Strandebarm, MV Jireh left Norway on October 28 and arrived off Guernsey on November 13, the Guernsey Press reported.

The newspaper said the vessel had been refused permission to dock in Jersey since it did not have a handling agent, and was also refused permission to dock at Guernsey's capital St Peter Port due to a lack of berths.

The Guernsey Press also reported that clothing and food supplied by the Red Cross and the local Co-op was ferried to the men on board while it was anchored in Russel.

A spokesman for Guernsey Harbours reportedly said that the former passenger and vehicle ferry was on its way from Norway to Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa.



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