While more than half of the five hundred French personnel financed by the British have already been deployed to tackle the phenomenon of small boats, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, received, Tuesday evening, at the Hôtel de Beauvau, his English counterpart, James Cleverly.
On the menu in particular: strengthening cooperation in the fight against illegal immigration.
Migrants embarking on perilous crossings to reach the coasts of England numbered 62,000 in 2023, according to the European border surveillance agency, Frontex.
Nearly 30,000 managed to pass last year.
The migration issue stirs up passions on both sides of the Channel.
It will be the major theme of the British legislative campaign planned for this year.
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