PM and French president commit to ‘deepening our partnership’ to ‘deter deadly journeys that benefit organised criminals’
Rishi Sunak has pledged with Emmanuel Macron to make the Channel migrant route “completely unviable.”
In a phone call on Friday morning, the Prime Minister and French president committed to “deepening our partnership” in order to “deter deadly journeys across the Channel that benefit organised criminals.”
A No 10 spokesman said: “The Prime Minister stressed the importance for both nations to make the Channel route completely unviable for people traffickers.”
The French president is currently considering a fresh deal with the UK that would renew an agreement in 2021 that saw Britain contribute £54 million to pay for a doubling in police on the beaches, drones and other surveillance equipment.