An Egyptian has been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to smuggle 173 migrants into Britain on a single 'mega-dinghy' that burst into flames in the English Channel.

An Egyptian has been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to smuggle 173 migrants into Britain on a single 'mega-dinghy' that burst into flames in the English Channel.

The overnight 'mega dinghy' arrival smashed the previous record for the largest number of migrants in a single boat - set just 17 days earlier with 165.