A Single Dinghy Just Carried 230 Migrants Across the Channel to the UK, the Most Ever Packed Into One Boat

A single small boat has set a grim new record on the English Channel, carrying more migrants in one crossing than ever before.

A single dinghy just carried 230 migrants across the Channel to the UK, the most ever packed into one boat.

Smugglers are packing more people into fewer boats to slip past French patrols, and the boats keep getting bigger. The last record, set in July, was 165.

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