内容摘要：at the Old Sarum Airfield on Lancaster Road in Salisbury on Thursday evening.

at the Old Sarum Airfield on Lancaster Road in Salisbury on Thursday evening.

On Sunday, 592 migrants in 11 boats crossed the Channel, according to figures from the Home Office. That represents the highest total for a day in March on record.Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said: "Ruthless criminal gangs spread dangerous lies on social media to exploit people for money, and we are exposing them using the real stories of their victims."

However, the Refugee Council said someone desperate to flee persecution in their homeland would be unlikely to change their mind because of a social media campaign.One advert shows an image of a destroyed dinghy floating in the water and testimony from a man saying "the boat was too crowded" and "people disappeared into the sea".Another features an account of one woman who says: "I was promised a well-paid job. Instead I was a slave."

So far this year 2,716 people have made the crossing - an increase of 20% on the same period last year, although numbers are down on the year before that.In 2024 as a whole, 36,816 people were detected making the crossing, and more than 2,000 of those came from Iraq.

The Border Security Commander, Martin Hewitt, visited the country last week in an effort to increase international co-operation to tackle the criminal gangs organising the journeys.

Hewitt said: "Our international campaign is sending a clear message to prospective migrants that these criminals cannot be trusted."The materials recovery facility (MRF) will allow kerbside collections of waste such as glass and plastic trays, Hampshire County Council said.

The authority, which is sharing the cost with councils in Portsmouth and Southampton, has allocated up to £50.5m.The plant is due to open on council land off Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, by the end of 2027.

Hampshire's two existing MRFs in Alton and Portsmouth cannot process the full range of items prescribed by the government, councillors were told.The new plant would allow glass, plastic pots, plastic trays and cartons to be placed in home recycling bins for the first time.