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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Flora Thompson

Police aim to remove hundreds of migrants from French beaches under £662m deal

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood observes French operational capabilities, including technology used to tackle people smuggling and prevent Channel crossings, at Zuydcoote in northern France (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK Government wants to see police removing hundreds of migrants from French beaches every year under the latest multimillion-pound Channel crossings deal.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a three-year £662 million agreement with France in Dunkirk on Thursday.

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