After satisfying the coastguard that their boat was not carrying migrants, they continued, but several hours later were contacted again by the coastguard Mr Lowe had posted a photo on Instagram on Thursday night showing a boat off the Norfolk coast (Image: Rupert Lowe/Instagram)

A charity rowing crew was contacted by the coastguard off the coast of Norfolk after the local MP mistook them for “illegal migrants”. ‌

Rupert Lowe, elected as a Reform UK MP but now sitting as an Independent, posted a picture on social media on Thursday night showing a boat near some wind turbines off the Norfolk coast. ‌

He included the message: “Dinghies coming into Great Yarmouth, RIGHT NOW. Authorities alerted, and I am urgently chasing. If these are illegal migrants, I will be using every

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