BBC: Number of migrants crossing Channel to UK hits new daily record

Around 1,000 people crossed the Channel by boat to reach the UK on Thursday, a new record for migrant Channel crossings in a single day.

Report informs, citing the BBC, that a Whitehall source accused France of losing control of the situation.

Notably, more than 23,000 people have made the crossing from France to the UK by boat so far this year.