It brings the total number of arrivals picked up making the dangerous crossing to 27,509 so far this year - compared to 26,116 people at the same point in 2023.
A woman has died after going overboard from an 18-deck cruise ship in the English Channel, sparking a huge search in the middle of the night, rescue services say.
More than 133 migrants a day have successfully crossed the English Channel since Sir Keir Starmer entered Downing Street, new figures released today by the Home Office show.
'Dangerous sexual predator' Rahmat Qalander, 23, raped a vulnerable woman then molested a teenage girl on two buses. It's now been revealed he was a small boat migrant.
According to an interrogation report that was dismissed at the time, the killings took place on the northernmost of the occupied Channel Islands during the Second World War.
Illegal crossings of the English Channel hit a new record for the year as nearly a thousand migrants were brought ashore by British authorities after setting sail from the French coastline.
A 2-year-old boy was "trampled to death" and three other migrants seeking to cross the English Channel from France to Britain also died aboard crowded small boats while at sea, French authorities said Saturday.