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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sylvie Corbet

The UK is not cooperating enough to curb migrant crossings of the Channel, a French report says

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A French report said the United Kingdom is not sufficiently coordinating with France in efforts to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, as part of a broader assessment pointing to the “uncertain effectiveness” of illegal migration policies.

France is “struggling to develop operational cooperation arrangements" with the U.K., according to the report published Thursday by France’s Court of Accounts, a body in charge of auditing the use of public funds, independent from the government and parliament.

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