Theresa May has spoken out today on the “unprecedented” number of migrants arriving on the coast.

Dover MP Charlie Elphicke raised the issue during Prime Minister’s Questions – and urged the government to crack down on people trafficking and invest more in Britain’s border security.

The Prime Minister said that a “co-ordination centre” to tackle the issue has been “stood up” in the last few days.

It comes after 119 migrants on 14 seperate occasions have been found in the areas of Dover, Folkestone and the French coast, since November 8.

Nearly all have come via dinghies and presented themselves as Iranian.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Elphicke said: “The Prime Minister will be aware that in recent weeks an unprecedented number of migrants – more than 100 migrants – have crossed the English Channel to enter the United Kingdom in small, unseaworthy craft.

“Does she agree with me that it’s very important that Britain and France work together to find the people traffickers behind this, to put a stop to them, bring them to justice and ensure that we invest more in our border security?”

The Prime Minister replied: “My Hon. friend has raised a very important point of which he is acutely aware as the Member for Dover.

“Earlier in the year, in our discussions with the French Government, we agreed that we could set up a co-ordination centre which would enable the French and UK governments and authorities to work together on exactly these sorts of issues.

“And my Right Hon. friend the Home Secretary has ensured that that co-ordination centre has now been stood up, literally in the last few days.”