UK and France reach agreement to ‘prevent 100% of Channel crossings’

Joint statement says authorities are determined to make the route ‘unviable’ for migrants entering the UK from France

UK and French authorities are determined “to prevent 100% of crossings” over the Channel and make the route “unviable” for migrants hoping to enter Britain from France, it was announced on Monday.

UK home secretary Priti Patel and the French interior minister Gérald Darmanin issued a joint statement “on the issue of small boats crossing the Channel and the operational response to it.”

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