More than 600 small boat migrants reached the UK yesterday, pushing this year’s running total past the 6,000 mark.
Nine boat-loads of migrants were picked up mid-Channel by Border Force vessels during Saturday and brought ashore at the Port of Dover.
The Home Office confirmed there were 602 arrivals – the second-highest daily total so far this year, just below the 605 who completed the journey from northern France on February 25.
The latest arrivals brought the total so far this year to 6,077.
It also means that since Labour came to power 70,701 migrants have crossed the Channel to reach Britain.
The Border Force catamaran Courageous brings migrants into the Port of Dover on Saturday, which saw a total of 602 arrivals
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