More than 3,300 migrants have crossed the Channel to date this month, heaping recent strain on Rishi Sunak over his promise to cease the boats.

The determined asylum seekers are taking longer routes to the UK to keep away from the closely policed areas close to Calais and Dunkirk.

A ship carrying 24 migrants was rescued off the coast of Quend on Thursday morning, 54 miles south of Calais.

It comes as folks smugglers exploited the bettering climate circumstances to launch unsafe dinghies into the Channel certain for Britain.

So far in June, 3,308 migrants have arrived on 68 boats, bringing the full this yr to 10,962.

This is down simply seven p.c from final yr’s 11,806, prompting recent fears Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might have claimed success too early.

He mentioned the Government’s insurance policies on unlawful migration had led to a 20 p.c discount in crossings. But the hole between this yr and final yr's complete has been narrowing quickly over the previous week.

Worryingly for ministers, the variety of crossings this June has already exceeded the full from final yr.

Some 312 folks have been detected making the crossing on Thursday, the Home Office mentioned.

The French coastguard rescued one other migrants off the coast of Quend seashore close to Berck, northern France within the early hours of Thursday (June 22) morning.

Quend is 54 miles south of Calais, prompting additional considerations smugglers are spreading out alongside the French coast. The migrants have been taken to Boulogne.

The busiest day got here on June 11 when 549 migrants arrived in Dover in 10 vessels.

Comparatively, by June 22 in 2022, 11,806 asylum seekers had made the crossing.

Last yr, a report 45,755 folks crossed the Channel in inflatable dinghies or different small craft - 60 per cent larger than the earlier yr which noticed 28,526 migrant crossings.