Following an apparent pause of 11 days, more than 250 people entered the UK illegally on Sunday by crossing the English Channel in small boats.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence confirmed that seven boats and 254 people were detected crossing the channel during the day.
The figure includes boats and people that landed in the UK and those intercepted at sea by British authorities and brought into the UK.
It doesn’t include people intercepted by French authorities while attempting to cross the Channel.
There is believed to have been an 11-day break in activity around the Channel from April 20 to 30, when no crossings were recorded amid reports of strong winds and choppy seas.
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