The UK could offer up a team of around 30 elite troops from the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) to help authorities in France tackle the ongoing crisis.
Crown Prosecution Service figures show only 61 migrants have been charged and 51 convicted since December 2019 for illegally entering the country and breaching the 1971 Immigration Act.
Maryam Nuri, from Ranya in northern Iraq, is thought to be one of the victims of the capsized flimsy boat which sank off the coast of Calais on Wednesday amid harsh seas and cold temperatures.