Hundreds of illegal migrants are currently crossing the English Channel in the biggest surge of small boats so far this year.
GB News can exclusively reveal that around 450 migrants are attempting to reach the UK today, with many having already crossed into UK waters.
Such a large surge is unusual for this early in the year, and is normally only seen after the winter months.
People smugglers have taken advantage of an improvement in the weather after conditions had prevented any illegal arrivals for more than a fortnight.
GB News can confirm that early this morning, a total of 10 migrant boats were launched by criminal gangs from French beaches.
Before today, the biggest number of arrivals on a single day this year was 322, who made the crossing in five boats on February 9.
Today’s arrivals are likely to take the total so far in 2026 to well over 2,000 – higher than the totals at this point in 2024 and 2025.
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