One person died while attempting to cross the Channel from France on a small boat in the early hours of Saturday.
The body was found near Calais after a vessel got into trouble, which led to another 34 being rescued by emergency services.
The French coast guard said it responded at around 5.30am when it saw the boat in trouble and took an unconscious person to hospital where they would later die.
Authorities did allow the boat to continue, however, on its journey as it was deemed too risky to interrupt the journey.
Small boat crossings have reached record high levels with around 1,500 people making the dangerous juncture in the week up to July 21.
A further 1,000 were stopped before they could make the journey.
Sir Keir Starmer has changed the UK’s policies on countering illegal immigration by stopping the previous government’s Rwanda policy.
“We’re not keeping the Rwanda policy in place,” he told LBC.
“It doesn’t work, it won’t work, and we don’t believe in it.”
He added that “proof” of the fact the Rwanda bill in ineffective in deterring asylum seekers can be found in the number that have reached England’s shores by small boat since it was passed.
“But we have to stop the boats, there’s no question,” he added.
“The way to do that is taking down the gangs that wear running this vile trade.
“That’s why I’ve already been to the Hague to talk to law enforcement partners so we can get this going on day one, because we need to secure the borders that the government’s lost control of.”
