Priti Patel outlines new agreement to curb English Channel migration
Priti Patel outlines new agreement to curb English Channel migration

Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks about a new agreement with France aimed atcurbing the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.Home Secretary Priti Patel and her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin saidthey wanted to make the route used by more than 8,000 people this yearunviable.

They agreed to double the number of French police patrolling a 150kmstretch of coastline targeted by people-smuggling networks.