More than 43,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year that is officially stated.
The Ministry of Defence said 884 people were detected in 17 boats on Tuesday. This suggests an average of around 52 per boat.
The latest crossings take the provisional total for 2022 to date to 43,500.
It comes as a man is due in court after at least 27 migrants drowned while trying to cross the Channel in a dinghy last year.
Harem Ahmed Abwbaker, who was arrested in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on Tuesday, faces being extradited to France.
The 32-year-old is suspected of being a member of an organised crime gang behind the crossing in November 2021 and is accused of the “French equivalent of manslaughter” and facilitating illegal immigration, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
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