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More than 700 people crossed the English Channel in small boats bound for the UK on Monday, the latest figures have revealed.
DPA International reports that there were 710 people thought to be migrants who arrived in the UK on Monday, the highest number on a single day so far this year.
There were no crossings between June 1 and June 14.
The cumulative number of arrivals by small boats in 2026 now stands at 9,852, according to provisional figures from the UK Home Office.
This is down 40% on the equivalent point last year, when the total stood at 16,317.
It is also 14% below the same point in 2024, when the total was 11,431
Eleven boats arrived on Monday, which suggests an average of about 65 people per boat.
Groups of people, thought to be migrants, were seen in northern France attempting the dangerous Channel crossing on Monday.
Men, women and children wearing orange life jackets were seen crowded into dinghies leaving the French coast at Berck.
