Record number of migrants cross Channel in one day
PA MediaTwelve boats brought 705 migrants across the Channel and into Dover on Tuesday - the highest daily figure so far this year.
It brings the total number of people to have crossed the Channel via small boat to 8,888.
Figures are up 42% compared with this time last year.
It comes as the government confirmed on Wednesday it is in negotiations with France on a scheme to return illegal migrants who have crossed the Channel.
Under the agreement, the UK would accept legal migrants seeking family reunion in the UK.
The French interior ministry said the scheme would be a based on "a one-for-one principle", with the aim of discouraging smuggling networks.
UK Transport Minister Lilian Greenwood said the government was talking to France about migration issues but did not comment on the possibility of a removals deal.
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