After a boat in the English Channel collapsed, a man died, and more than 200 migrants arrived in the UK.

According to the most recent Home Office data, 225 migrants came in four boats on Sunday, bringing the total number of arrivals this year to almost 30,000.

According to French authorities, a boat deflated in the Channel, killing a man that same day.

The man, who was Indian and aged about 40, was in a boat which left from the town of Tardinghen in northern France at 5.30am, the prefecture of Pas-de-Calais said.

The boat quickly deflated and the people on board swam back to the beach, the authorities added.

Emergency services tried to help the man, but he died at the scene.

So far this year, 49 deaths have been reported by the French coastguard.

After three people died in the Channel last Wednesday, refugee organisations said deaths have become “appallingly regular” and that they should not be normalised or accepted.

Some 225 people arrived in four boats on Sunday (Gareth Fuller/PA)

A Home Office spokesman said they will “stop at nothing” to dismantle the business models of people-smuggling gangs.

A total of 29,867 people have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel, according to Home Office figures.

The number is 12% higher than at the same point in 2023 (26,605) and 22% lower than in 2022 (38,435).