A boat was also found at the scene, it is understood.

It would be the first beach landing since December 2022.

And the alarming revelation will prompt fears Border Force was overwhelmed as 1,097 migrants crossed the Channel in 17 dinghies.

The French are under intense pressure to finally start intercepting migrant boats in the water.

This would make it far harder for people smugglers to launch so-called taxi boats.

And Home Officials have drawn up a series of other proposals to stop migrant dinghies reaching UK waters.

One option, under consideration, could see British vessels blocking asylum seekers from crossing the median line.

Migrants would then be picked up and taken back to France, Bloomberg reports.

However the proposal would need the backing of the French Government and securing such an agreement could prove tricky.

New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is also said to be considering the idea of constructing a barrier in the Channel and removing the need for the coastguard to automatically rescue any small boat in its waters.

Border Force is once again facing a chaotic day on the Channel, with at least 500 believed to have crossed already today.

And a search and rescue operation has been launched after a migrant dinghy got into difficulties as it approached UK waters.

RNLI lifeboats have been scrambled, the charity said.

The UK is considering suspending visas from countries that do not “play ball” and agree migrant deportation deals, Shabana Mahmood declared.

The new Home Secretary warned that countries must take back foreign criminals, failed asylum seekers and visa overstayers.

And Ms Mahmood vowed to do “whatever it takes” to stop small boat crossings, adding she will go “further and faster” than Yvette Cooper.

A staggering 1,097 asylum seekers crossed the Channel in 17 boats on Saturday – Ms Mahmood’s first day in office.

This took the total past 30,000 in record time, ramping up pressure on Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers after Friday’s chaotic reshuffle.

Ms Mahmood confirmed she will “explore all options to restore order to our immigration system”, adding that the first Channel migrants will be sent back to France “imminently”.

Nothing is “off the table”, sources close to the Home Secretary said.

Ms Mahmood is expected to rewrite human rights laws to prevent foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers from avoiding deportation.

She is set to tighten up “the interpretation and the application” of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to a family life.

This could be done in the form of new guidance or even legislation.

The new Home Secretary last week warned that British judges are taking a “maximalist” approach to the European Convention on Human Rights.

And she said many other countries in Europe are “struggling with the challenges of mass migration” and are now willing to push for reforming the European Convention on Human Rights.

Ms Mahmood said: “Other countries are struggling with the challenges of mass migration, maintaining our borders, and I think that this is a useful time for us to have a refreshed conversation, and I’m confident we can make more progress.

“The debate in Europe is starting to change. Other countries are actually trying to have this conversation around reform of the convention. That’s not been the case previously, where maybe Britain was seen as more of a lone operator, a little bit more isolated in trying to make that case.

“I was very struck when I visited the Council of Europe in Strasbourg just a couple of months or so ago how much other people wanted to talk to me about Britain playing the leading role in that discussion around reform of the convention. I’m very happy to step into that space. I think that we can play a good role in moving those conversations along.

“So, I think we’re not isolated. Other countries are struggling with the challenges of mass migration, maintaining our borders, and I think that this is a useful time for us to have a refreshed conversation, and I’m confident we can make more progress.”