More than 75,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel since current records began four years ago, figures show.
Some 75,628 people have made the journey since 2018, according to PA news agency analysis of Government data.
Official Home Office figures show that between January 2018 and June 2022, 51,881 migrants were recorded as arriving in the UK.
Since then 23,747 have been detected, according to provisional Ministry of Defence (MoD) data.
The department said 856 migrants arrived in 19 boats on Wednesday, as Channel crossings continued for a fifth day in a row.
Children wrapped in blankets were pictured being carried to safety by lifeboat crews at Dungeness beach in Kent.
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The provisional total for the year so far is now more than 36,400, including 3,462 crossings recorded in October to date.
Some 299 migrants were detected in 2018, followed by 1,843 in 2019, 8,466 in 2020 and 28,561 in 2021.
The crossings continue as the Government faces another legal challenge against its plan to send migrants to Rwanda.
Charity Asylum Aid’s case is due to be heard by High Court judges on Thursday after similar challenges were made last month.
Deportation flights are on hold while the legal disputes are ongoing.
The court is expected to give its ruling on all the cases at the same time at a later date.
The MoD said its data was taken from “live operational systems” and was subject to change, “including reduction”.
