It comes amid continued fine weather and calm waters in the English Channel as temperatures are expected to soar to 38C over the weekend. Government sources told Sky News that the boat was the first of the day to cross the channel with more expected to make the crossing throughout the day.
On Thursday, at least 235 migrants made the dangerous journey in 17 boats, setting a new single-day record whilst more than 130 made it to the UK in 13 boats yesterday, the Home Office said.
Images show 12 migrants attempting being taken aboard a Home Office dinghy and taken ashore.
At the same time, Government ministers pledged their commitment to tackle the migrant crisis this morning.
Schools minister Nick Gibb said the Government was looking at the possibility of using boats to prevent migrants crossing the Channel from Calais to Dover.
He told BBC Breakfast ministers were "looking at how we use maritime assets to prevent people from crossing the Channel because a: it's dangerous and b: it's illegal and the Government's determined that we're going to restore legality to our immigration system and to prevent people from making that dangerous crossing.
Mr Gibb, MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on the south coast, added: "We are looking at involving the use of boats in preventing boats from crossing the Channel."
Meanwhile, Former Royal Navy officer Rear Admiral Chris Parry said "innovative solutions" like using unemployed passenger liners to re-route migrants are needed.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning: "We don't have to take them back to dry land. There's any number of unemployed passenger liners on the south coast at the moment, they could actually be taken there for processing for medical assessment and then onward routing either back to France or to the United Kingdom.
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"I think people need to understand that the old ways are just not cutting it at the moment and we need to apply innovative solutions."
But former Border Force director general Tony Smith said: "Once they are under our jurisdiction we will immediately face asylum claims.
"Without that agreement from the French to actually interdict people on the high seas and take them back to France the message is getting back to the migrants and to the smugglers that this is the way in and that does create a huge pull factor.
"We could see something very similar to what we saw in the Mediterranean three or four years ago where the word will get out that all you need to do is get out on to the English Channel, you will be brought into the UK and it's very unlikely you'll be returned."
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