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.
As assessment programme has begun to determine what should happen to around 140 refugees who washed ashore at an RAF base in Cyprus.
Two boats landed around 7am, at which point the base - classed as UK sovereign soil - was put on lockdown.
ITV News correspondent Emma Murphy reports from the scene:
She said that some of the refugees - who came from Syria, Iraq and Libya - managed to make their own way to the beach, while others had to be helped out of the water.
An operation was put into place by the military to ensure everyone made it safety to shore.
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.