Channel Crossings Surge as France 'Laughs' at UK over Small Boat Cash Deal

Channel crossings surge as France 'laughs' at UK over small boat cash deal

Exclusive: The number of asylum seekers being intercepted has fallen despite Paris being handed more than £700m.

UK Government Urged to Stop Paying France for Failed Border Patrols

Last year’s talks between London and Paris officials on stopping illegal Channel migration were clearly right to have been dismissed as “more smoke and empty words,” since reports now say French border forces have failed to stop two-thirds of crossings. UK-French Talks Dismissed As ‘Empty Words’ on Channel Crossings    As well as talk, Britain has given more than £700 million (€800 million) to France to bolster patrols. Yet officials let more t…

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Hundreds of migrants arrived in the UK on Wednesday (Image: Getty) Britain must stop paying France until Paris…