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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

UK does not cooperate sufficiently over small boat crossings, says French body

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dungeness, Kent, from an RNLI lifeboat after a small boat incident in the Channel.
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dungeness, Kent, from an RNLI lifeboat after a small boat incident in the Channel. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The UK is not coordinating sufficiently with France to reduce the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats or providing enough detailed information, French state auditors have said.

The cour des comptes, an independent French body that examines the use of public funds, has published a report on the efficiency of French policy on illegal migration, in which it said France was “struggling to develop operational cooperation arrangements” with its neighbours, including the UK.

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