igrants carry a smuggling boat on their shoulders as they prepare to embark on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France on October 12, 2022
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)UK Border Force officers have begun patrolling French beaches in co-operation with local personnel for the first time in an effort to halt the flow of migrants crossing the English Channel.
The first joint patrols are believed to have taken place just before Christmas after months of negotiations between UK and French officials.
