The French and British governments signed a joint declaration on Monday 14 November in which they pledged to strengthen their cooperation to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel.
The agreement signed provides for Paris to increase its security forces by 40% to prevent these crossings, with 350 additional police officers and gendarmes, against a budget of €72 million paid to Paris for 2022 and 2023 according to AFP. According to the British government, 40,000 people...