Almost 600 migrants cross the English Channel in a single day

On Sunday almost 600 migrants crossed the English Channel using 11 small boats, this is the largest number in a single this year so far.

Border Force vessels intercepted a total of 592 migrants as the Channel was calm.

A Home Office spokesman said, “We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security.

“The people-smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit live or die, as long as they pay. We will stop at nothing to dismantle their business models and bring them to justice.”