Yesterday, last August's record of 86 arriving in a single day was eclipsed in a year that saw nearly 1,900 make it to the UK. At 3.55am a Border Force vessel detected a small boat with 14 men and a woman on board and brought them to shore. French authorities have also been dealing with multiple small boat incidents and have detained around 30 people. “I am mindful that the search and rescue operations this week have involved all three border force vessels, RNLI lifeboats, HM Coastguard, a plane, a helicopter, ambulance services, police and much besides. "These are emergency services for the UK, diverted from vital day-to-day operations.”On Twitter she said "More illegal small boat crossings reported today.

Source: Daily Mirror February 07, 2020 17:18 UTC