More than 1,000 illegal migrants crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats on the day Labour ministers hailed deporting a third asylum seeker to France under the 'one in, one out' deal.
The Home Office released figures yesterday showing that 1,072 migrants made the risky journey from northern France in 13 boats on Friday, averaging more than 82 in each flimsy vessel.
It was the third time this year the 1,000 figure has been surpassed in a single day and takes the number of illegal migrants who have made the crossing so far in 2025 to 32,103, a record for this point in the year.
Ministers were hoping that their flagship 'one in, one out' deal with France would act as a deterrent.
But the scale of Friday's crossings, when calm seas and sunny weather made conditions ideal, suggested the policy was descending into farce and having no effect in the migrant encampments near the beaches of northern France.
