A Royal Air Force surveillance plane is flying over the English Channel as the British government tries to curb the number of people crossing from France in small boats.
The Ministry of Defense says the Atlas aircraft is deployed “to support Border Force operations in the Channel.”
Britain’s Conservative government has talked tough amid a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Channel during recent warm summer weather.
On Thursday, 235 people were brought ashore, a record number for a single day. More than 650 have arrived so far in August, including babies and unaccompanied children.
An inflatable dinghy carrying about 20 people was met by a U.K. Border Force boat on Monday and escorted to the port of Dover.
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