People smugglers have resorted to using larger ‘mega-dinghies’ to transport migrants across the Channel because they have run out of small boats, a new BBC investigation has found.
Last month, the public was shocked by images of a huge inflatable packed with 230 migrants arriving in Britain overnight.
The August 10 crossing was the largest number of people ever recorded on a single small boat, smashing the previous record of 165 set just 17 days earlier.
The 230 arrivals were more passengers than the typical capacity of a Boeing 737.
The unprecedented crossing prompted accusations that politicians had ‘lost control’ of illegal migration, while
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