(BBC) At least 227 migrants have been intercepted in two days as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach the UK.
Eight boats carrying 145 people were stopped on Friday, the Home Office confirmed — a record for a single day.
A further 82 were intercepted on Saturday.
Those picked up by Border Force officials said they were Iranian, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Syrian and Afghan nationals.
Friday’s total included 51 people packed on board a single inflatable boat, the Home Office said.
Of 82 people detained on Saturday, 70 were aboard inflatable boats, while 12 men were found at Dungeness on the Kent coast.
