A migrant boat has launched from the furthest point ever in an attempt to cross the English Channel while Border Force rushes to intercept.
The ambitious journey began from Fecamp, meaning the journey ahead of the migrants aboard is 70-miles-long.
However, the standard distance usually taken by illegal arrivals, from Dover to Calais, is only 27 miles.
The last record for the longest distance travelled by a dinghy was back on May 26, when a migrant boat was spotted after it launched off the shore south of the port of Dieppe in Normandy early in the morning.
A recovery boat and officials from Border Force are rushing from Eastbourne to intervene, GB News's Home and Security Editor Mark White revealed.
Due to the extra police patrols that the French have installed around northern France, smuggling gangs have been forced to switch up their tactics.
As a result, illegal migrants are launching from shores even further away than the regular perilous journey across the Channel.
Some have launched as far as more than 100 miles south of where the traditional launch points are along Calais and Dunkirk.
Speaking live on GB News, Mark explained taxi boats launch from the shores further away, calling at various points as they travel up the coast and pick up more migrants.
Some of the vessels can be in the water for as long as 18 hours.
But the boat launched from Fecamp is heading straight for British shores, Mark confirmed.
A lifeboat from Eastbourne is racing to the scene, along with the Border Force vessel volunteer, the Border Security Command vessels.
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In recent weeks, French authorities have significantly stepped up their patrols around Dunkirk and Calais in particular, by far the most common areas from where small boats are launched.
As part of the changing tactics, smugglers are also opting to use much larger vessels to carry hordes of migrants onto UK shores.
Comparing the older traditional "small boats" to the methods used today, he said: "This boat here shows the absurdity of the term small boats, because it's anything but.
"It's 10 metres long, maybe a little bit more. And these boats themselves can hold often up to 80 or 90 migrants on that journey across from France."
Inside, the vessels are packed with makeshift life jackets, cut up canisters used to scoop out water if the dinghy becomes filled with water.
And, just in Andy Burnham's first week as Prime Minister, what has been dubbed a "mega dinghy" brought 165 migrants to the UK.
Across the week, almost 1,000 migrants made the perilous journey across the Channel.
