40 migrants cram into the dinghy as 327 illegals arrive within hours of the day after the tragedy

FORTY migrants cram precariously into a rubber boat – one of eight Channel crossings that sees as many as 327 illegal arrivals in a single day.

Young men, many without life jackets, straddled the sides of inflatables as they made the journey from France in choppy waters yesterday, the same day a seven-year-old girl died while attempting the crossing.

At least 200 migrants left for Britain in small boats today, despite the tragedy in the Channel 24 hours earlierCredit: Steve Finn

It comes as the House of Lords handed its first defeat to the Rwanda plan, although rebel leader Lord Anderson admitted they would ultimately lose to the House of Commons.

At least 200 more people have left for Britain today, despite the tragedy 24 hours earlier.

It comes as by Rishi Sunak The attempt to resolve the small boat crisis suffered another blow earlier in the day when the House of Lords handed its first defeat to the Rwanda plan.

The unelected chamber voted 274 to 172 in favor of an amendment to secure Britain immigration policy complies with “domestic and international law”.

They will continue to water down the bill this week before sending it back to MPs, who are expected to remove all their changes.

Rebel leader Lord Anderson admitted that they would ultimately lose the ‘arm-wrestle with the House of Commons’.

Yet Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby stressed that the government must comply with international law.

He pointed out that the “legally elected” Nazis done ‘terrible things’.

He said: “Now we are not in such a situation. . . the government is not doing anything on the scale of what we saw then.

“But the government challenges international law’s right to limit our actions.

“And the purpose of international law is to stop governments from continuing to do things that are wrong.”

Official Border Police cutters have been withdrawn from patrolling the English Channel for migrants

The Rwanda Bill tries to find a solution Supreme Court ruling last year by legally calling the East African nation a “safe” country.

The ministers hope to have the first flights in the air in the coming weeks.

Critics have lambasted Prime Minister Sunak for trying to ignore senior judges, but today former Tory leader Lord Howard hit back: “Parliament has every right to put right things where it thinks the court is wrong.”

Meanwhile, Minister of the Interior James Slim agreed a new “customs partnership” with France to tackle the supply of small boat parts.

At a meeting of the Calais Group immigration task force in Brusselshe praised a plan to share information “more effectively” to disrupt the shipment of small boat materials.

The group, to which his counterparts also belonged Belgium, Germany and the The Netherlandsagreed to step up pressure on social media bosses to root out smuggling gang networks.

He said last night: “Working closely with our European neighbors is fundamental to solving the illegal migration crisis.

“Global problems require global solutions, and Britain is leading the conversation on the changes needed to crack down on people smugglers and break their supply chains.”