Sir Keir Starmer has signalled it is his duty to ensure no one is crossing the English Channel in small boats after more than a thousand migrants made the journey in a single day for the first time this year.
Some 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday, according to Home Office data.
It was the first time daily crossings topped a thousand in 2025, and prompted Defence Secretary John Healey to claim Britain had “lost control” of its borders over the last five years.
