UK Pays France Extra £16.2M for Channel Beach Patrols
The UK will pay France an additional £16.2 million in a two-month stopgap agreement to maintain police patrols on Channel beaches, aiming to prevent a surge in small-boat crossings as the previous deal expires.
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UK to pay France extra £16m in stopgap deal to patrol Channel beaches
Two-month arrangement aimed at preventing small-boat crossings comes as existing deal expires The UK will pay France an extra £16.2m to keep police patrolling Channel beaches and prevent a surge in small-boat crossings after negotiators failed to agree a permanent deal before a midnight deadline. The stopgap arrangement, which will last for two months, comes after French negotiators refused to give in to UK demands for further interventions and patrols to stop asylum seekers from reaching the...
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