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Fury as French police stop only a fifth of small boat migrants in the first week of one-in, one-out deal


FRENCH police stopped only a fifth of small boat migrants in the first week of the PM’s one-in, one-out deal.

A total of 1,157 made it in 14 boats while Calais officers halted only 243.

Just seven were sent back, while three vetted asylum seekers arrived.

The PM yesterday used a BBC interview to call on French police and militant law enforcement unions to do more to police dinghy crossings.

An average of 83 migrants were crammed into each boat in the week to September 21.

On Saturday, a single boat carried a record 125 migrants.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “It is clear the French are failing to stop the boats leaving their shores.

“Stopping just one migrant for every five that arrive in the UK is a disgrace.

Labour should be asking for our money back.

“The only way to stop the boats is to remove every single person who arrives in this country illegally.”

It comes after a record-breaking eight weeks in a row where more migrants arrived in the UK than were stopped in France.

A Home Office spokeswoman said it was “working closely” with France.


A group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy leaving a beach in northern France to cross the English Channel.
Reuters

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