Images show scale of migrant boats used to reach Dover over recent months

A view of small boats thought to be used in migrant crossings across the Channel at a storage facility in Dover, Kent (Picture: PA)

Images have been released showing the scale of boats used by migrants to cross to Dover in recent months.

Rows of dinghys thought to have been used to cross the channel have been pictured at a facility in Dover.

Over 5,600 migrants have made it to the UK by boat in 2020, according to analysis by the PA agency.

It comes after ten people were arrested following demonstrations in Dover last Saturday, which brought a dual carriageway to a standstill.

Small boats thought to be used in migrant crossings across the Channel are pictured at a storage facility in Dover, Kent (PA)

Rival protests took place in the Kent town just days after a record 416 migrants made it to the UK after crossing the English Channel.

The Home Office, which has come under fire for its attacks on “activist lawyers”, has insisted that it will make the sea route “unviable”.

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, by Border Force officers following a small boat incident in the Channel (PA)

Concerns have also been raised over the deportation of 11 Syrians from the UK when it emerged that they had been left “confused and distressed” when they ended up alone on the streets of Madrid, last week.

When their UK Government-chartered flight touched down in Spain authorities declined responsibility for them, and they were left alone until an aid group picked them up.