{"id":48857,"date":"2026-04-23T12:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48857"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:04:28","slug":"uk-france-agree-to-nearly-900m-deal-to-curb-small-boat-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48857","title":{"rendered":"UK, France agree to nearly $900m deal to curb small boat crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Britain and France have agreed to a nearly $900 million deal aimed at reducing small-boat migrant crossings across the English Channel, with the two countries expected to sign the deal on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Riot-trained police will be sent to beaches in France as part of a new \u00a3662 million ($893 million) deal with the UK to stop illegal migrants from crossing the English Channel, BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to sign the three-year agreement with France on Thursday, which will see at least 50 police officers, trained in &#8220;riot and crowd control tactics,&#8221; drafted in to tackle violence and &#8220;hostile crowds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The deal will see France deploying millions of pounds worth of drones, two helicopters, and a camera system to intercept people smugglers and illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: Britain to make refugee status temporary under asylum overhaul<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the signing, Mahmood said joint work with France has stopped tens of thousands of illegal migrants from boarding boats headed to Britain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we must do more. This landmark deal will stop illegal migrants making the perilous journey and put people smugglers behind bars,&#8221; she was quoted by the BBC as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, more than 600 people crossed the English Channel via small boats on Saturday, making it the highest day for crossings so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>So far, more than 6,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to reach the UK this year, despite enhanced measures by the UK government to curb irregular migration.<\/p>\n<p>The UK reported a year of elevated migration levels as a total of 41,472 migrants navigated the English Channel in small boats last year, nearly 5,000 more than in 2024.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain and France have agreed to a nearly $900 million deal aimed at reducing small-boat migrant crossings across the English Channel, with the two countries expected to sign the deal on Thursday. Riot-trained police will be sent to beaches in France as part of a new \u00a3662 million ($893 million) deal with the UK to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}