Around 1,000 people crossed the English Channel to reach the UK on Thursday, setting a new daily record. Thursday’s total will surpass the previous single-day record for the current crisis of 853 set on Nov. 3, the PA news agency reported. The figure has not been confirmed by the UK government. But a Home Office spokesman said on Thursday night that the number of crossings was “unacceptable.” “The British public have had enough of seeing people die in the Channel while ruthless criminal gangs profit from their misery, and our New Plan for Immigration will fix the broken system which encourages migrants to make this lethal journey,” he said. The New Plan for Immigration, which was announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel in March, was intended to make it more difficult for migrants entering the UK illegally to stay in the country. In July, the UK and France announced an …