More than 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel over the weekend as eight people died trying to make the journey.Channel crossings continued the day after news of the deaths emerged, with the Home Office recording 1,093 arrivals in two days as the tragedy unfolded.Some 292 people made the journey on Sunday in six boats after 801 piled into 14 boats and arrived in the UK on Saturday, figures show.

More than 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel over the weekend as eight people died trying to make the journey.Channel crossings continued the day after news of the deaths emerged, with the Home Office recording 1,093 arrivals in two days as the tragedy unfolded.Some 292 people made the journey on Sunday in six boats after 801 piled into 14 boats and arrived in the UK on Saturday, figures show.