UK signs deal with France to tackle migrant channel crossings

Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the agreement with her French counterpart Gerald Darman (Pictures: PA/Getty Images)Britain and France have signed a new agreement that will double the number of police being deployed to try to stop migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.
Home Secretary Priti Patel and her French counterpart Gerald Darman hope the deal will make the route used by more than 8,000 people this year ‘unviable.’The extra officers will patrol a 150km stretch o