Additional funds handed by the Government to France in its new migrant deal will not be conditional on reducing the number of small boat crossings.A Government spokesman said it was “not fair to say” if the additional money given to the French will be conditional on their performance in stopping small boats crossing the Channel. He said: “It is not fair to say that the extra money given to the French is conditional on numbers coming down. “Part of a whole strategy is going to be based on how much effort French police are putting in. We will have to look across the piece.”
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The spokesman previously said they will “work on the metrics” in order to track and measure success of the deal, with today the two nations have “agreed principle”. However, in a press release from the Home Office announcing the further funding to France, they described the money as “conditional on results and reducing illegal migration”. Therefore, the additional funding will potentially not hinge upon the French authorities stopping the boats. As part of Shabana Mahmood’s half a billion pound, 3-year deal with the French, beaches in northern France are set to be patrolled by over 1,000 law enforcement, intelligence and military officers as well as a greater investment in technology, “to bare down on small boat numbers”. MORE TO FOLLOW…LATEST DEVELOPMENTSHome Office ‘secretly’ moves migrants into cottage just yards from primary schoolBritain strikes £160 MILLION migrant deal with France but can stop funding if new tactics failFrance REJECTS non-EU migrants: Majority of public say country is experiencing ‘great replacement’
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