A record 853 migrants crossed the English Channel heading for the UK on small boats in a single day, the Home Office has said.
Last Friday, the Home Office confirmed that UK authorities had to rescue or intercept 853 people from 25 incidents on Wednesday, which marks a new daily record for the current crisis.
More than 21,000 migrants have made the crossing to the UK so far this year – more than double the total for the whole of 2020.
In 2019, Home Secretary Priti Patel promised to make migrant crossings an “infrequent phenomenon” by spring 2020 and then pledged in August last year to “make this route unviable”.
The Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea said one person was found dead on the beach at Wissant, near Calais, on Thursday morning after the discovery of a boat filled with water.
Two other people, who were found with them suffering from hypothermia, were treated by emergency services and taken to hospital.
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