Channel migrants: More than 500 make crossing in single weekend

(BBC) The weekend saw 513 migrants arriving in Kent by small boat, according to the Ministry of Defence.

The latest figures show 337 people in 10 boats arrived on Saturday and 176 in five boats on Sunday.

It means 1,886 people crossed the Channel in the first week of August, including one person who crossed in a kayak on Friday.

The government said it was pushing ahead with its plans to reform the UK’s immigration and asylum systems.

There are already more reports of people arriving on Monday.

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