The mostly-male group of asylum seekers - clad in hooded winter jackets and red blankets - were brought into Dover, Kent on Border Force catamaran Hurricane shortly after 10am.
This comes after 224 migrants were escorted into the port by Border Force officials after making the perilous journey across the 21-mile Dover Strait in four boats on Thursday.
The first small boat, carrying around 50 people, was intercepted before sunrise. Its occupants were escorted into the port in the dark around 7am, on board Border Force catamaran Ranger.
A total of 28,360 asylum seekers have crossed the Channel by small boat so far this year, according to official government figures.
November alone saw 1,661 migrants arrive in the UK in 33 boats - an average of 50 people crammed into each vessel.
Last year, a record 45,755 asylum seekers reached Britain - 60 per cent higher than the previous year when 28,526 people made the treacherous journey.
Story in The Daily Mail.
Have we got enough yet?
Ilona. 1.12.2023
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