More than 1,100 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel on Saturday, the highest number recorded on a single day so far this year.
The latest Home Office figures show that 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats.
It brings the annual total so far to 14,811, up 42% on this time last year.
Defence Secretary John Healey has called the scenes of migrants being picked up by smugglers “like a taxi” to be brought to the UK “shocking”.
He said it is a “really big problem” that French police are unable to intervene to intercept boats in shallow waters.
