1 hour ago As Starmer and Macron discuss small boats, how many migrants cross the Channel – and how many are stopped?

Keir Starmer wants a radical new deal with French authorities, as data shows small boats migration is at highest-ever levels – even with 4 in 10 migrants prevented from crossing the Channel. Alicja Hagopian reports

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4 h. ago Starmer will hold talks with Macron TODAY amid Channel migrants 'blame game'

Keir Starmer is hoping the French president will commit to a tougher approach to tackling record crossings during his State Visit to the UK.

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5 h. ago Starmer and Macron to hold Downing Street talks amid push for French help on small boats

The prime minister is facing a fight to salvage his much-vaunted ‘one in, one out’ deal with France to return illegal migrants

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12 h. ago French president Emmanuel Macron claims France will adopt a 'firm' approach to the small boats crisis

The president and first lady Brigitte Macron were welcomed by the Prince and Princess of Wales as he arrived in the UK yesterday for a three-day state visit.

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13 h. ago Starmer and Macron to meet at No 10 amid push for French help on small boats

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived on Tuesday for the first state visit by an EU head of state since Brexit.

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20 h. ago Macron state visit live: French president vows ‘closest cooperation ever’ with Starmer to end small boats crisis

Emmanuel Macron tells MPs and peers in Parliament aim is to ‘fix a burden for our two countries’

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28 h. ago UK government backs French police immobilising small boats, minister says

Heidi Alexander says new tactics are ‘welcome’ and would prevent people leaving French shores to cross ChannelUK politics live – latest updatesFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers was not “pleasant” but the right tactics, a UK cabinet minister has said, saying the government welcomed the new tactics from the authorities.It comes as Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce new plans for French police to do more to block small boats crossing the Channel when the French president arrives for his state visit in London this week. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Hand back our £771MILLION Mr Macron.. s'il vous plait: French President to face questions over his country's failure to dent small boat crisis as he arrives in Britain

Sir Keir Starmer and Mr Macron are due to hold a bilateral summit on Thursday at the end of the president's three-day state visit, which begins tomorrow morning with a royal welcome.

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46 h. ago France and UK expected to announce joint plan on small boat crossings

Starmer and Macron could set out plans for a ‘one in, one out’ returns scheme for asylum seekersUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce plans for French police to do more to block small boats crossing the Channel at a summit in London this week, but a wider deal on returning asylum seekers is still up in the air.While details remain limited, with French officials still believed to be finalising what action the country can take with boats that are already in shallow waters, an announcement on new plans is expected on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago French police are slashing migrant boats but they're still determined to reach the UK

French police have intensified efforts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel

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3 d. ago Home Secretary hails work with French to stop small boat crossings

It comes after reports on Friday that French police officers had used knives to puncture a boat off the coast.

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3 d. ago Will the French keep slashing boats of people smugglers? Non! Starmer left 'humiliated' after continental cops revealed that they will not routinely use tactic to stop people smugglers

Only two days ago, No 10 hailed footage showing French officers ripping open a dinghy in shallow waters as a 'significant moment' in the bid to smash the people-smuggling gangs.

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3 d. ago French police deploy their latest weapon in the fight against small boat smugglers... days after gendarmes began slashing dinghies with knives

The new tactic comes just days after footage emerged of French officers using a knife to slash a dinghy packed with migrants before dragging the deflated vessel back to dry land.

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4 d. ago French police slash migrant boat and drag passengers back to shore just as they attempt to cross the Channel for Britain

Dramatic footage shows dozens of migrants and asylum seekers boarding an inflatable dingy as it approaches the shallow waters.

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4 d. ago French police slash migrant boat and drag passengers back to shore just as they attempt to set across the Channel for Britain

Dramatic footage shows dozens of migrants and asylum seekers boarding an inflatable dingy as it approaches the shallow waters.

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5 d. ago French police ‘slash small boats with knives’ to prevent Channel crossings

Downing Street said the new tactics will have a ‘major impact’ on smuggling gangs

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5 d. ago PM’s Europe ‘reset’ has delivered change in French tactics on small boats: No 10

Downing Street hailed a ‘significant moment’ which could have a major impact on smuggling gangs.

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7 d. ago Chaos on French shores as 'people trafficker' is seen WHIPPING terrified migrants as they scramble to board boat bound for the UK

The Mail beat French police to the shore at small-boat hotspot Gravelines beach at 5.30am, where large groups of migrants were running to reach the waves

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8 d. ago Grinning Channel migrants pose for SELFIES on packed dinghy as total tops 170,000 since start of crisis

One man seated on the bow of the inflatable held a mobile phone aloft as other occupants waved.

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9 d. ago Huge boat of 60 migrants launch from French beach towards the UK

This year so far, more than 18,000 migrants have arrived via the Channel, in a record for this point in the year since data collection began in 2018.

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