A record 230 migrants, including more than 20 children, crossed the English Channel to Britain aboard a single small inflatable boat, French lifeboat officials and British media reported on Monday. French lifeboat crews escorted the vessel towards British waters before handing the operation over to their British counterparts, said Jean-Marc Lamblin, a local director of France’s SNSM lifeboat service. The crossing broke the previous record set only last month, when 165 people reached Britain in one boat. The journey came days after another boat carrying more than 150 people caught fire and capsized in the Channel. A daily record for the year was set on 29 July, when 752 people reached Britain.