A mega-dinghy with 230 migrants on board reached Britain overnight.
It is the largest number ever recorded in one small boat, with the previous record of 165 being set just 17 days earlier.
The confirmed 230 arrivals is more than the typical capacity of a Boeing 737 jet.
People traffickers are currently thought to charge around £2,000 per head for illegal passage to Britain. With about £10,000 in assumed costs for the trip, this single dinghy could have made them a staggering £450,000 profit.
Their new mega-dinghies are ‘floating deathtraps’ and at 42ft are longer than a double-decker bus
It comes after a Home Office source
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