The number of migrants who have crossed the English Channel so far this year is set to surpass 7,000 as more were seen arriving in Britain on Tuesday.
People wearing life jackets were pictured disembarking from Border Force and RNLI boats in Dover.
The latest crossings come several days after 154 people were recorded to have arrived in four boats on Friday.
A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman said: “HM Coastguard is coordinating the operational response to reported small boat activity in the Channel today, April 8.
“RNLI lifeboats and UK Border Force vessels have responded, supported by an HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft.”
There are more Eritreans crossing in small boats this year than any other nationality. They accounted for a fifth of the almost 7,000 migrants who have made the journey- nearly triple the rate of last year.
Overall some 6,796 people have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far in 2025, according to latest Home Office figures, which go up to Monday.
This is 25% up from the same point last year when 5,435 had made the perilous journey.
It is a 49% increase on 2023 (4,563), according to analysis of the data.
The data also marks more than 30,000 arrivals since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister in July.
Since then the Government has announced plans to “smash” the people smuggling gangs who charge tens-of-thousands-pounds to bring people across the water from France.
But shadow home secretary Chris Philp has accused the Government of “losing control of our borders”.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security.
“The people smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit live or die, as long as they pay and we will stop at nothing to dismantle their business models and bring them to justice.
“That’s why this Government has put forward a serious, credible plan to finally restore order to our asylum system, including tougher enforcement powers, ramping up returns to their highest levels for more than half a decade and a major crackdown on illegal working to end the false promise of jobs used by gangs to sell spaces on boats.”
