Dozens more migrants have arrived in Dover today as the number to cross the Channel since Labour came to power nears 50,000.
Two Border Force vessels, Typhoon and Volunteer, were seen arriving in the port to drop migrants picked up in the Channel, while the Ramsgate lifeboat intercepted another group in the North Sea.
A total of 49,797 migrants have been picked up from the Channel since the General Election in July last year - with this figure including 281 who arrived yesterday amid ideal weather conditions for crossing the Channel.
More than a thousand people have now arrived since the Government's widely ridiculed 'one in, one out' deal with France became operational last Wednesday.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'Labour cancelled the Rwanda deterrent plan before it started with no replacement and numbers have surged.
