A request to bring 120 migrants ashore from RNLI boats was declined by both the King's Harbour Master and Southampton Port on Sunday.
The supplied information states that the migrants were in RNLI boats when the request was made. Both port authorities refused permission for them to land.
Southampton Port was one of the bodies approached, while the King's Harbour Master also declined to allow the landing. No further details have been provided about where the boats had travelled from, the circumstances in which the migrants came to be aboard RNLI vessels, or what happened immediately after the refusals.
The incident involved a significant number of people and required decisions by port authorities over whether they could come ashore. The information available does not include any official explanation from either the King's Harbour Master or Southampton Port for declining the request.
The latest known position is that, as of Sunday, both named authorities had refused permission for the 120 migrants to land from the RNLI boats. Further details on the migrants’ onward movement or any subsequent arrangements have not been provided in the supplied material.
