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Priti Patel will introduce life sentences for people smugglers in a new bid to tackle the Channel migrant crisis.
Maximum sentences will increase from the current 14 years under legislation to be brought forward by the Home Secretary in the next few weeks.
It comes after one boat of migrants which crossed the Channel on Saturday was escorted into British waters by the French Navy.
According to the Sun, a French warship escorted the boat of about 10 men for more than an hour.
The boat then had to be rescued by Border Force officials when it ran out of fuel.
It was one of several boats that crossed the Channel at the weekend which the UK has paid France millions to try and prevent.
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