The number of migrants reaching Britain on small boats has hit a new record of 1,295 in a single day.
They crossed the English Channel in a total of 27 boats on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.
Numbers have continued to rise despite the Royal Navy being handed “primacy” for the response at sea, the announcement of the Rwanda deal and unfulfilled threats to force boats back into French waters.
The Home Office has pursued a policy of “deterrents” aiming to reduce crossings, with Priti Patel pledging that she would make the route “unviable” in August 2020.
But numbers have continued to rise, with the total of almost 22,700 arrivals this year 80 per cent higher than the 12,500 seen by the same point in 2021.
The majority of those have arrived on small boats since Boris Johnson announced that the Navy would “take over operational command from Border Force in the Channel” in April..
On the same day, the home secretary announced the deal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which she also claimed would be a deterrent.
