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At least 4,087 people have made the treacherous journey across the Channel in 132 boats according to official Home Office figures - a number which wasn't reached until June in 2021.
UK authorities have intercepted or rescued 3,897 people in 126 boats so far this year (pictured today), according to official Home Office figures.
Some 394 people, including tiny babies wrapped in blankets, arrived in Kent on 11 small boats, while the French intercepted a further 467 people after attempting to make the journey.
UK Border Force authorities intercepted 213 men, women and young children in six dinghies on Monday and brought them ashore in Kent, according to the Home Office.
Three migrants were rescued by the RNLI from a rubber dinghy as groups of men and women were picked up by Border Force and taken to Dover Marina, Kent.