Eight more small boats filled with migrants wrapped in red blankets and scarves land in Dover after making perilous Channel crossing - taking total to 28,072 this year

With 364 asylum seekers arriving on Sunday alone, 28,072 people have now made the perilous journey across the 21-mile Dover Strait so far in 2023, according to official government figures.

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