Huge wave of migrants reach UK in new single-day record

Boris Johnson has vowed to change the law to help tackle the crisis

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers following a small boat incident in the Channel (PA)

At least 409 migrants have reached UK shores in a rush of small boats, a new single-day record.

A wave of people took advantage of flat seas in the English Channel today, with hundreds of migrants intercepted in the Channel while others managed to land on beaches.