The Home Office said 711 people made the journey in 14 boats on Wednesday, suggesting an average of 51 people per boat.
More than 700 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in a single day - a new record for the year so far. It takes the provisional total for the number of arrivals this year so far to 8,278. This is 34% higher than the total at the equivalent point last year and 19% higher than the total at this stage in 2022. Last year 29,437 migrants arrived in the UK altogether, which was down 36% on a record 45,774 arrivals in 2022.
Read more:Migrants removed from homes, handcuffed and put in vansUK must honour deal to take back asylum seekers from Ireland, Irish PM insists Under the plan, people who enter the UK unauthorised will be sent to Rwanda to have their asylum claims processed there. Since the passage of the latest legislation, tensions have grown between the UK and Ireland after people entered the Republic to escape facing deportation.
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