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In Depth: UK and France extend talks over new small boats deal
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BBC News uses this to examine UK and extend talks over new A three-year to pay for more French patrols to intercept smuggling gangs was due to expire at midnight.
The UK is to pay £16.2m to patrol beaches for the next two months, as the two sides continue to hammer out a new to intercept attempting to cross the English Channel. UK sources claimed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood was driving a hard bargain to deliver a better for the British people, adding: We need more bang for our buck.
The only way to properly deter people from making these dangerous crossings and to break the criminal gangs' business model for good is to agree a large-scale returns agreement with he said. The UK needs a sovereign deterrent, he added as he called for the to detain and deport every single illegal migrant who comes into our country.
The UK claims the has prevented 42,000 illegal migrants getting on although the overall number making the journey across the Channel has continued to increase.
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