ITV News cameras have seen two boats carrying 114 refugees land on UK sovereign soil for the first time, at the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus.
ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy, who is the only television journalist at the scene, said the base went into lockdown when the boats arrived.
A deal with Cyprus means that refugees cannot seek asylum in the UK despite landing on the British sovereign soil.
Four boats carrying refugees have for the first time directly landed on UK sovereign soil at a British military base on Cyprus.
The boats spotted in the early morning hours off RAF Akrotiri, a sprawling military facility on the southern coast of Cyprus used to bomb Islamic State targets in northern Iraq.
As ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy reports, a deal with Cyprus means refugees are unable to claim UK asylum at the base, despite it belonging to Britain.
The authorities said it remains unclear how many migrants landed, but but two boats were carrying about 140 people, before another two boats arrived.
Defence Secretary tells ITV News sovereign territory in Cyprus will not become a "new route" for refugees seeking asylum in Britain.
ITV News cameras have witnessed at least 114 refugees, including children, landing on the shores of a British military base in Cyprus.
An ITV News correspondent says boats carrying refugees directly landed on UK sovereign soil at a British military base on Cyprus.