More than 500 migrants crossed the Channel to reach the UK on the same day a man died trying to make the journey.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 564 people arrived on 12 boats on Wednesday, bringing the provisional total for the year so far to 30,431.

The latest arrivals mean the 2024 total is up 14% on the figure recorded at this time last year (26,605), but is down 24% on 2022 (39,883).

It was announced that a man thought to be the father died when he was brought ashore during the rescue effort.

It was the 10th death this month and brings to 50 the number of people who have died trying to cross the Channel this year, according to incidents recorded by the French coast guard.

Channel crossings continued on Thursday and photographs were taken showing groups of people wearing life jackets arriving in Dover, Kent, on a Border Force boat.