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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

Rishi Sunak pleads for EU help in stopping migrant boats crossing the Channel

Britain and Brussels have agreed to do more to tackle illegal migration across the Channel as Rishi Sunak desperately tries to keep a key Tory pledge.

The Prime Minister has staked his premiership on “stopping the boats” - but more than 6,000 migrants have reached British shores after making the perilous journey across the Strait of Dover so far this year.

The PM held talks with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen on the margins of a Council of Europe meeting in Icelandic capital Reykjavik.

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