More than 3,600 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK in July, the highest monthly total this year. The total was revealed amid reports the Home Secretary could announce another multimillion-pound deal with France in a bid to curb the crossings.
Some 3,683 made the crossing on 90 boats in the 31-day period, with journeys taking place on 20 of those days, according to PA news agency analysis of government figures. According to newspaper reports, Home secretary Priti Patel is intending to pay the French government tens of millions of pounds for more beach patrols and surveillance equipment.
This is in addition to more than £80 million already provided over the last few years, and it is more than three months since Ms Patel unveiled plans to send migrants to Rwanda to try to deter people from crossings the Channel.
