Up to 150 migrants, including five children, were brought ashore by Border Force officers today after they made the perilous crossing across the English Channel.
Four toddlers wrapped in hooded jackets and a baby were carried by adults as the group of migrants were brought into the port of Dover in Kent at around 10.30am today.
A child's cries were heard as the migrants were helped ashore from a Border Force boat by immigration officials.
They were led up a gangway by staff and taken to the Home Office facility on the quayside.
The Home Office is yet to confirm exactly how many have made the 21-mile crossing today but more than 12,000 migrants have now crossed the Dover Strait, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, by boat this year.
The latest crossings are believed to be the first since August 21 when a record-breaking 828 people were rescued or intercepted making the dangerous journey in 30 boats.
A group of migrants are brought ashore by Border Force officers into the port of Dover in Kent at around 10.30am today
A toddler is carried ashore by officers as the group of migrants are led up a gangway by staff
A baby wrapped in a blanket is carried into the port of Dover after around 150 migrants cross the English Channel
Last month figures showed that 12,427 had arrived in 2021 compared to the previous record of 8,410 in 2020.
On top of the continuous flow of migrants being brought into Dover Marina last month, many boats were believed to have landed along the South East coastline.
There were two reported landings in Folkestone, one in Broadstairs, another in Dungeness - all in Kent - and two more in Rye and Hastings, both in East Sussex.
More than 20 people jumped off a grey RHIB and ran along the sand at Stone Bay in Broadstairs while around 50 were seen sitting on the shingle at Dungeness Lifeboat Station after being brought to shore by an RNLI lifeboat.
In August, Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke claimed France had 'lost control of their side of the border'.
She said: 'It increasingly looks like the French have lost control of their side of the border.
'An urgent, fresh approach is needed for the British and French to work
