A total of 279 migrants crossed the Channel in nine boats yesterday, a day after a record was set for this year.
People smugglers have taken advantage of the warmer spring weather and better maritime conditions to restart the crossings.
On Tuesday 400 people made the journey, a daily high since January. A further 538 people in 11 boats were intercepted by French officials before reaching UK waters, meaning almost 1,000 tried to cross. Yesterday the French stopped 25 people from crossing.
Among those to arrive on Tuesday were several children, including a baby, who were brought to shore by an RNLI lifeboat at Dungeness, Kent.
The total number of crossings so far this year is 2,923, double the number that arrived in the same
