Just days after almost 1,100 small boat migrants reached the UK illegally, GB News can reveal another significant surge in crossings is underway today.

At least 500 migrants have crossed into UK waters so far, with more boats launching from the French coast.

As cabinet colleagues describe new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood as "hard as nails", people smuggling are not listening.

On Ms Mahmood's first full day in office, smugglers sent 1,097 migrants towards the UK.

Today, before dawn, they launched several migrant rafts from beaches around Calais and Dunkirk.

The illegal migrant activity has now moved much further south, below Boulogne, where more boats have just set off on their journey.