The record was reached on Sunday after 212 migrants arrived in four different boats that day, the data showed. Starmer's Labour government has pledged to phase out hotel use by 2029 and to overhaul the asylum system. Official data last week showed asylum claims were at a record high, with more migrants being housed in hotels compared with a year ago. Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party that has topped recent surveys of voting intentions, outlined plans for "mass deportations" of migrants arriving by small boats. These would include taking Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights, barring asylum claims, and building detention centres for 24,000 people.
