Nearly 1,500 migrants have arrived on small boats this week, new figures have revealed, as the Government’s struggle to get a grip on the Channel crisis continues.

Data published by the Home Office on Saturday shows 116 people crossed the Channel via two small boats yesterday.

It takes the total number of arrivals since Monday to 1,442, an increase on the 1,119 arrivals for the week ending 10 August, even before any further potential crossings over the weekend.

The latest data comes after the total number of migrants to have arrived since Labour came to power hit 50,000 this week despite the Prime Minister’s key election pledge to “smash” the people-smuggling gangs.

Some Labour MPs have told The i Paper the Government needs to do more to combat the issue amid simmering tensions i

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