(BBC) Six boats with 183 migrants on board reached the UK after crossing the English Channel on Tuesday.
The figure is the highest daily number so far this year, and is just under the total in the whole of March 2020 when 187 people made the crossing.
A further three boats with 67 people on board were intercepted on Wednesday.
French authorities have stopped about 164 people from attempting the crossing since Tuesday, a Home Office spokesman said.
The government is planning to make it more difficult for asylum seekers to stay in the UK if they come illegally.
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