The news comes amid controversial plans to house migrants on a Dorset barge and new powers to prevent migrants from working once they reach the UK by freezing their bank accounts.
More than 400 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in one day, despite the government's efforts to crackdown on illegal migration.
The Home Office confirmed 437 migrants arrived in the UK on Wednesday - the highest number on a single day so far this year, bringing the total number of crossings in 2023 to 4,431.There appeared to be more arrivals on Thursday morning - after a group of people were pictured being picked up by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and taken to Dover.
Ten boats were detected on Wednesday, suggesting an average of around 44 people per boat, amid dangerous choppy conditions.The news comes as ministers said a barge docked off the Dorset coast - called - will hold around 500 asylum seekers for at least 18 months, despite facing legal threats from local Conservatives.Dorset MP Richard Drax wants the plan for the giant barge"consigned to the dustbin", while transport minister Richard Holden told Sky News it is hoped migrants will be housed"as quickly as possible".AdvertisementPM defends plans to house migrants on barge
The government has also made it more difficult for illegal migrants to access bank accounts to prevent them from working.
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