However, Home Office sources told The Times they will honour 'every last penny' that it has agreed to pay the French. The cumulative number of crossings this year now stands at a provisional total of 22,670, last year's final figure was 28,526. It said that more than 60 per cent of attempted crossings had been stopped this year but their ability to detect and prevent crossing has reached its limit in some areas of 'heavy pressure'. 'Several million euros are owed to France by GB as of today (including almost €10 million to pay for the reserve gendarmes and the airborne surveillance).' The region's communication office said: 'The difficulties are compounded by the fact that the British are not reimbursing the expenditure undertaken to contribute to the protection of the border as well as the security of the migrants. However, in a statement issued to The Times, the Hauts-de-France prefecture, that is responsible for the patrol officers, claimed that the British still owed €10million - £8.4million. They deals were intended to lower the number of crossings by increasing patrols and providing surveillance equipment on the French coastline. In an attempt to combat the growing problem, the Home Secretary Priti Patel has put deals worth more than £80million in place with France over the past three years. Many of the French officers who are meant to stop boats sailing to the UK are also on their summer holidays, making it even easier for the boats to avoid detection. The influx in crossings is partly due to smugglers trying to clear their backlogs after bad weather prevented any boats from making the trip for several days. Making the crossing later in the year also becomes more difficult as the conditions become rougher. The local authority in France that covers Calais, said 390 migrants attempting to cross were intercepted on the day more than 1,200 made it to the UK.Īnd there is no sign of crossings slowing down, with a boat carrying around 75 migrants arriving into Dover this morning. The huge number of vessels set off from the French coast, despite about 800 daily patrols taking place along 100-miles of coast in northern France. On Monday UK authorities intercepted 27 boats in the Channel and brought them to British shores, Ministry of Defence data showed. While the French coastguard prevented just ten migrants from crossing the Channel today, when they spotted a boat in difficulty in the Calais Straits. Today at least 200 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats so far, and the day before 187 people made the journey.
Patrol officers are being overwhelmed by migrants who arrive on beaches in 'a flash-mob manner', sometimes in their hundreds, and even become violent according to French authorities. It does not store any personal data.Following a record breaking 1,295 migrants crossing the English Channel on Monday, France accused the UK of withholding over £8million it promised to fund beach patrols. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies guarantee basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
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