By james art Some 29,578 migrants have made the journey since January, up from last year’s total of 29,437.
This is 12% more than the 26,501 recorded at this time last year, but 22% less than the 38,129 people who traveled at this stage in 2022.
About 424 people in seven boats arrived on Friday, according to provisional figures from the interior ministry.
It comes after the French coastguard said 35 people were rescued from a boat in the English Channel and taken to Calais on Friday after screams were heard on board, following the rescue of another 76 migrants on Thursday when they got into trouble. while they were trying to travel.
On Wednesday, three people died and dozens more were rescued when a boat sank while trying to reach the UK, and a baby died in another similar incident last week.
France’s coast guard, which has reported 48 migrant deaths so far this year, has repeated warnings about how dangerous it is to travel through the waters known as the Dover Strait, the narrowest part of the English Channel and the busiest shipping lane in the world.
More than 600 ships pass through it every day and weather conditions are treacherous even when the sea appears calm, with 120 days of winds greater than or equal to seven on the Beaufort scale seen on average per year, the Coast Guard said.