After months of pressure from Britain, France has agreed to begin intercepting small boats in the Channel. The move comes after Keir Starmer wrote a letter urging Emmanuel Macron to support the proposal, telling the French leader that we ‘have no effective deterrent’ for migrants hoping to get to the UK illegally by sea. As reported by Le Monde , Starmer insisted: ‘It is essential that we deploy these tactics this month.’

France will intervene only before traffickers have picked up passengers

The plan will see French security forces allowed to stop the small boats while they’re at sea, the caveat being that France will intervene only before traffickers have picked up passengers. Previously, French police tended not to stop overcrowded boats leaving their shores over claims that the ri

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