Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeDowning Street has attacked the “dangerous and unnecessary” surge in migrants crossing the English Channel. It came as the UK handed £54m to France to tackle the crossings on the day when 2021’s total so far surpassed the entire toll in 2020. The UK Government yesterday handed France another €62.7million (£54.2m) to tackle migrants leaving the French coast. Ms Patel said last night: “The British people have simply had enough of illegal migration and the exploitation of migrants by criminal gangs. He added: "It would no longer be a magnet of people coming to the French coast and particularly to Calais.

Source: Daily Mirror July 21, 2021 06:45 UTC