Rescuers carry tiny baby in an animal ear onesie and crying toddlers ashore in heartbreaking images - as boats carrying more than 60 migrants are plucked from Channel and brought into Dover
Babies and young children are among more than 60 migrants to make the Channel crossing today.
Around seven babies and three children made the dangerous trip and landed in Dover, Kent.
They were wrapped up in warm clothing as they were helped on to British soil by Border Force officials.
It comes as the total number of migrants to have made the journey in June rose to nearly 2,000.
Meanwhile Priti Patel said she plans to overhaul Border Force with a new supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings.
Border Force were tasked with a busy weekend in the Dover Strait as 192 migrants were detained in 11 boats on Saturday. Pictured: Today
They were wrapped up in warm clothing as they were helped on to British soil by Border Force officials
Around seven babies and three children made the dangerous trip and landed in Dover, Kent
Border Force were tasked with a busy weekend in the Dover Strait as 192 migrants were detained in 11 boats on Saturday.
This was followed by a further 13 arriving in three boats on Sunday.
It means 1,812 migrants have made the treacherous 21-mile trip across the busiest shipping routes in the world on board 84 boats in June.
This surpasses the previous monthly record for 2021 set in May when 1,619 arrived in 80 boats.
A total of 5,539 migrants have made the treacherous trip so far this year - which is more than double the 2,165 who had arrived by this point in 2020.
And crossings show no sign of slowing down despite downpours of rain and poor visibility in the Channel as more migrants attempt the dangerous journey yesterday.
The first boat was intercepted shortly after 9am. Migrants on board were helped to safety by a Border Force cutter before being brought into Dover Marina, Kent on smaller vessels.
It comes as the total number of migrants to have made the journey in June rose to nearly 2,000
The first of three groups included a young child, wearing a green hooded coat and carrying a cuddly toy, was escorted up the gangway for processing by Immigration Enforcement.
They were followed by two boat-loads of men wearing orange lifejackets and huddling blankets for warmth.
At least 25 migrants are believed to have arrived by small boat yesterday but the Home Office is yet to confirm exact figures.
The Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea say the French has rescued 40 migrants making the crossing on two boats so far yesterday.
A group of 12 were spotted by a Delft Seaways ferry in difficulty in the Dyck area. Several were hypothermic and required emergency medical attention when brought back to Dunkirk port around 8am.
The first of three groups included a young child, wearing a green hooded coat and carrying a cuddly toy, was escorted up the gangway for processing by Immigration Enforcement
They were followed by two boat-loads of men wearing orange lifejackets and huddling blankets for warmth
The French also rescued another 28 migrants in difficulty off Wimereux and returned them to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer around 10.30am.
French authorities also prevented 105 people from reaching the UK on five boats on Saturday and an additional 101 people on a further five boats on Sunday.
A Home Office spokesman said: 'Criminal gangs are putting profits before people's lives through these dangerous and unnecessary crossings.
'Over 5,000 people have been prevented from making the dangerous crossing so far this year and we are cracking down on the despicable criminal gangs behind people smuggling.
'Inaction is not an option whilst people are dying. The Government is bringing legislation forward through our New Plan for Immigration which will break the business model of these heinous people smuggling networks and save lives.'
Ms Patel is set to overhaul Border Force with new a supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings.
Priti Patel, right, is set to overhaul the Border Force with new a supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings
The Home Secretary will unveil proposed new laws next week that will deny illegal migrants the right to settle in the UK.
The two directors general of Border Force and Immigration Enforcement are expected to quit their positions.
They will be replaced by a single supremo, The Telegraph reports. The new appointee will be tasked with overhauling the UK's 'broken' asylum system.
Border Force was criticised last month after one of its vessels picked up Channel migrants in French waters and took them to Dover.
The Home Secretary is working on laws which could see migrants sent to an offshore immigration centre, a report revealed on Sunday.
The legislation would allow the country to build a processing centre of this kind for the first time as the total number of migrants arriving in the UK this year has reached 5,300.
Ms Patel is in discussions with Denmark to share an immigration centre in Africa and is also set to unveil plans to crackdown on people smugglers.
According to the Times, the plans will form part of the Nationality and Borders Bill and will see asylum seekers processed outside the UK in a bid to stop migrants making the dangerous journey across the English Channel.
Denmark is said to be considering a site in Rwanda where two Danish ministers visited last month to sign off a memorandum on asylum and migration, according to the newspaper.
A government source told The Times: 'The prime minister and home secretary are determined to look at anything that will make a difference on Channel crossings.'