More than 250 migrants landed in the UK on the busiest day for Channel crossings in 2025 so far.
Home Office figures show 260 people made the journey in five small boats on Monday – the third day of crossings in January.
The latest arrivals mean 388 migrants have made the perilous crossing from France this month despite the freezing temperatures.
Men, women and children wearing blankets and life jackets were pictured being brought ashore from a Border Force boat in Dover, Kent on Monday.
It comes just days after the Government confirmed the first death of the year of a migrant trying to reach the UK from the French coast.
A Syrian man was crushed by other people on a leaky dinghy, according to media reports.
The French coastguard said 35 people were rescued in the Channel overnight on Friday.
Last year no crossings took place until January 13 when 124 people made the journey.
Separate figures published on Tuesday show there were 67,552 detections of attempted Channel crossings to the UK last year, up 9% on 2023.
The numbers, by the EU border agency Frontex, include migrants who did not reach the English coast, having been intercepted or turned back mid-journey by French authorities.
The most common nationalities of migrants attempting to reach the UK in small boats were Afghan, Syrian and Vietnamese, according to the data.
Frontex also reported that irregular border crossings into the EU fell 38% in 2024 compared with 2023.
This was driven by a 59% year-on-year drop in arrivals across the central Mediterranean, due to fewer departures from Tunisia and Libya, plus a 78% decline on the western Balkans route thanks to a crackdown by local countries.
Migrants entering the EU via the eastern Mediterranean rose 14%, predominantly from Syria, Afghanistan and Egypt, Frontex said.
