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- A record 128 migrants were crammed onto a dinghy, beating the previous high of 125.
- The boat left a beach near Dieppe Thursday night and was seized by Defender Friday.
- The Home Office warned smugglers risk lives and announced a £662 million three-year enforcement package.
- Police pressure on French beaches has pushed launches up to 100 miles south of Dunkirk and from Belgium, leaving UK arrivals at 12,500—a 43 percent drop.
