TWO men have appeared in court after a boat carrying migrants landed at Mylor Harbour in Cornwall.

Afrim Myshketa, 34, pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court on Tuesday, October 27 to arriving in the UK without a valid entry clearance, possessing or controlling identity documents with intent, and doing an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-UK national.

Romeo Gace, 28, of no fixed abode, had pleaded guilty at Cornwall Magistrates Court on September 29 to arriving in the UK without valid entry clearance.

Both men were remanded in custody for sentencing at Truro Crown Court on Thursday, December 10.

Myshketa and Gace were arrested by police after a boat arrived at Mylor Harbour on Sunday, September 27 at about 3am. Devon and Cornwall Police, alongside HM Coastguard and immigration enforcement attended the scene. Two people were arrested on the vessel and police confirmed a number of individuals did enter a van and leave the scene. Eight people were stopped in a van and detained in Staffordshire later on that morning.