On Saturday, hundreds of people, including very young children, made the trip to the UK aboard small boats.

Number of English Channel crossings now three times 2020’s total

France claims it deploys 950 officers in the region every day to prevent illegal crossings.

French police crowd Calais beaches after migrants get across unhindered

Lifeboat crews and Border Force boats were kept busy overnight after spending hours intercepting boats in the Dover Straight throughout the day.

More than 23,500 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year

The person was found dead on the beach of Wissant, near Calais, on Thursday morning.

Migrant dies attempting to reach the UK, French authorities say

EDITORS NOTE Children's faces have been pixelated as the PA Picture Desk has been unable to gain the necessary permission to photograph a child under 16 on issues involving their welfare. A young girl is helped by a Border Force officer as a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Sunday October 10, 2021. PA/Gareth Fuller

A flurry of boats arrived in the UK over the past two days, numbers released by the Home Office reveal.

More than 1,000 migrants crossed English Channel over two days

A group of people were met by officials on Saturday morning in Kent, after more than 650 people made the crossing to the UK in one week.

Migrants cross English Channel for sixth consecutive day amid record numbers

It comes as more migrants arrived in Kent, with several young children among a group seen arriving in Dungeness.

Number of migrants arriving in UK last week hits new 2021 record

Priti Patel has ordered officials to rewrite laws to allow Border Force to redirect boats to be dealt with by French authorities, reports say.

Priti Patel sanctions tactics to turn back UK-bound migrants boats 

ITV News understands around 740 people were found making the dangerous crossing on Monday.

More than 13,000 migrants crossed the Channel this year - higher than 2020 total

ITV News understands Monday could have seen the highest number of people attempting to cross English Channel in a single day.

Potential highest number of migrants cross English Channel in single day

A migrant airlifted to hospital from the English Channel after a boat carrying around 40 people began to sink has died.

Migrant dies in English Channel boat sinking

Figures show online donations to the RNLI passed the £200,000 mark in the last 24 hours, up from around £7,000 on a typical day - an increase of around 2,757%.

RNLI donations rocket by 2,500% after Farage criticises its Channel rescues

Officials fear high numbers of crossings will continue as summer goes on, with arrivals this year already passing the total for the whole of 2020.

Drone pictures show dozens of migrant dinghies stacked up in Dover compound

There are more than 370 Marine Protected Areas in the UK, but critics say they offer protection in name only.

Trawlers fishing in protected areas like 'bulldozing through a nature reserve'

Migrants are trying to reach UK shores in record numbers this summer, as they make the most of calm seas to attempt the crossing.

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