The UK’s latest deal with France to curb Channel crossings does not match the scale or urgency of the crisis and is “recycling the same failed response”, critics have claimed.
The agreement, hiking the figure paid to France by the UK to about 72 million euros (£63 million) in 2022/23, will see British officers stationed in French control rooms for the first time and a 40% boost in beach patrols along the country’s northern coastline.
