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- The Home Office reported that a single boat carried a record 165 migrants across the Channel.
- The previous record was 128 migrants who crossed in one vessel in July.
- Border Security Command towed the 13-metre (42-ft) mega dinghy, the size of a bus, to Dover on Thursday.
- A Home Office spokesperson said the crossing shows criminal gangs disregard the safety of those they claim to help.
