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France as part of a new £662m deal with the UK to stop illegal migrants
UK and France signed a new £662m small boats deal](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0ev7enk2lo). It will see riot-trained police sent to beaches in France as part of the agreement in an effort to stop illegal
stop illegal migrants in their tracks”, according to the Home Office. UK cash is expected to fund batons, shields and teargas to deal with “hostile crowds and violent tactics”. The announcement follows protracted negotiations between
deal with France to boost enforcement action on beaches and put people smugglers behind bars. This builds on joint work that has stopped over 42,000 illegal migrants attempting to cross the channel since
France. “People like the survivors we support who have fled unimaginable atrocities from conflicts in Sudan, Iran and Eritrea. People whose only ‘crime’ was hoping the UK would offer them sanctuary.” She said survivors
deal was signed, thousands of asylum seekers have continued to cross the Channel in small boats and the smugglers have adapted their business model, launching more vessels from Belgium and offering more expensive journeys
France for separate money laundering and smuggling offences. Details of the kidnappings emerged during [a recent BBC investigation into another smuggler, Kardo Jaf](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3pl5093wpo), which led to his arrest last month
deal](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/10/starmer-one-in-one-out-deal-allow-uk-return-small-boat-migrants-france) in July 2025 to stop small boats crowded with asylum seekers from crossing the Channel – by forcibly returning one small-boat asylum seeker to France in exchange for bringing