![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/uk-france-sign-landmark-deal-to-stop-migrants-crossing-channel/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/home-secretary-suella-braverman-signs-775317805.jpg&description=A LANDMARK £63 million deal with France to help tackle illegal migration has been hailed by Rishi Sunak - and he plans to deepen ties in the months ahead. The Prime Minister says only by working with other countries can you make progress - in a broadside at Liz Truss who angered the French over her "friend or foe" comment. Suella Braverman signs a historic deal with French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, to tackle the small boats crisisCredit: PA Home Secretary Suella Braverman and French Interior Minister Gerald DarmaninCredit: PA The agreement that will see a huge increase in the number of officers patrolling the beaches in northern France to stop the scourge. The Prime Minister declared the pact could go further in the coming months as UK officers will be embedded with their counterparts in control rooms in the initial stages. His comments come after he met French leader Emmanuel Macron last week at the Cop27 conference in Egypt to tackle the problem head-on with the number of people crossing hitting 40,000. The Home Secretary travelled to the country to finalise the deal this morning meeting the country's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. He made a thinly-veiled comment aimed at Liz Truss who caused fury in Paris over the summer when she said the jury was out whether or not Macron was a close ally putting the deal in jeopardy. The PM, speaking as he travelled to the G20 summit in Indonesia, said: 'Only by working with other countries can you make progress on the things that impact people at home. 'The best example of that is illegal migration and I raised it in my first meeting I had with President Macron, we spent time speaking about that when we were together in Sharm at Cop. 'I'm pleased we're signing a new deal with the French, the highlights are a 40% increase in patrols happening and for the first time, British officials embedded in French operations to strengthen co-ordination and the effectiveness of our operation. 'But that is not the end of ou){kind=link}
A LANDMARK £63 million deal with France to help tackle illegal migration has been hailed by Rishi Sunak – and he plans to deepen ties in the months ahead.
The Prime Minister says only by working with other countries can you make progress – in a broadside at Liz Truss who angered the French over her “friend or foe” comment.
The agreement that will see a huge increase in the number of officers patrolling the beaches in northern France to stop the scourge.
The Prime Minister declared the pact could go further in the coming months as UK officers will be embedded with their counterparts in control rooms in the initial stages.
His comments come after he met French leader Emmanuel Macron last week at the Cop27 conference in Egypt to tackle the problem head-on with the number of people crossing hitting 40,000.