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Four boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, have landed at the RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence says. Four boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, have landed at the RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence has said.
It is believed to be the first time during the Mediterranean migrant crisis that people have made arrived on UK sovereign territory. "We have not established where they are from yet," a base spokesman said.
The base, on the island's southern coast, has been used to launch British bombing missions against the Islamic State terror group in Iraq. It is believed to be the first time during the current Mediterranean migrant crisis that people have arrived on UK sovereign territory.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The base, on the south coast, has been used to launch British air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. The boats arrived early on Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Defence said.
Unlike a number of Greek or Italian islands in the Mediterranean, European Union member Cyprus has not seen an influx of refugees.
Almost 600,000 migrants are estimated to have arrived in Europe by sea so far this year.
A number of Iraqi Kurds are believed to have landed at RAF Akrotiri in 1998.