Almost 700 illegal immigrants were detected reaching the British shore in small boats on Monday, a new daily record this year.
It comes after July saw a record high monthly number of illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel to arrive in the UK.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Tuesday in its daily update that 696 people were smuggled into the UK on Monday on 14 boats.
The previous daily record this year was set on April 13, when 651 people made the journey on 18 boats, according to Home Office, which led the Channel operations before handing control to the MoD on April 14.
The MoD figures also showed that 3,683 people managed to cross the English Channel on 90 small boats in July, compared to the previous monthly record—3,136 crossings on 76 boats in June….