MIGRANT CROSSINGS: FIVE TIMES A NEW DAILY RECORD WAS SET
At least 430 migrants crossed to the UK on small boats on Monday - a new single-day record.
PA, which tracks and analyses numbers of crossings, has compiled a list of five days in the last two years when a new record was set.
July 19, 2021: 430 people reach the UK
Dozens of people, including women and young children, were seen walking ashore after one beach landing on the Kent coast, while more arrived elsewhere.
Some raised their hands in celebration as they stood on the beach, while others sat down on the shingle shoreline amid 75F sunshine.