More than 4,000 have crossed Channel to UK in small boats this year

151 people come ashore on Saturday as French and British ministers prepare to meet

Tensions are mounting between the UK and France over migrant crossings in the Channel as the number of people who have reached UK shores in small boats this year surpassed 4,000.

Families with young children were among hundreds of people who came ashore near Dover this weekend, including 151 on Saturday, the Home Office confirmed.