french coastline is absolutely integral to ensuring there is a robust barrier preventing people disembarking from the french beaches in the first place. but the british government has always stressed there is no single solution, and while this renewed deal aims to further disrupt the people smugglers operating in france, it is unlikely to put an end to their trade. leigh milner, bbc news. our correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. i m joined now by our reporter simonjones who s in dover for us this morning. suella braverman singh this morning there are no quick fixes to the issue of people smugglers moving tens of thousands of people across the channel to britain, but nonetheless, there will be pressure for this deal to make a difference fairly quickly, want there? there is some degree of expectation management here, but i think people in the coming months will be analysing the figures very closely.
0ur reporter simonjones is in dover for us this morning. the milder weather we have all been experiencing presumably has contributed to the number of crossings late into the autumn. yes. crossings late into the autumn. yes, that has been crossings late into the autumn. yes, that has been a crossings late into the autumn. yes, that has been a major crossings late into the autumn. ya: that has been a major factor. the that has been a majorfactor. the 40,000 figure is a difficult milestone for the government that promised to take back control of britain s borders. yesterday was really busy in the channel. the sea was very calm. lifeboats from dover and ramsgate brought back more than 100 people to shore. border. boats brought in many, many more. it is weather dependent. not surprising it was so busy yesterday. for the first 11 days of this month has been really windy and i had been no crossings at all. the minute the weather became more favourable,
over 8,000 arrivals. our reporter simonjones is in dover for us this morning. simon, milder weather has led to more crossings, hasn t it? but also we are hearing lots of response from government agencies on both sides of the channels about how they might tackle this crisis. yes. they might tackle this crisis. yes, there have they might tackle this crisis. yes, there have been they might tackle this crisis. yes, there have been a they might tackle this crisis. yes, there have been a lot they might tackle this crisis. yes, there have been a lot of- they might tackle this crisis. 12: there have been a lot of initiatives recently to try to stop the crossings or at least bring down the number of people making the dangerous journey, number of people making the dangerousjourney, but number of people making the dangerous journey, but the number of people making the dangerousjourney, but the reality is this is largely dependent upon the weather. that is really dictating it. today it was
into government. he had been told about this in advance, says sir jake. what is darling street say? they say there is an ongoing complaints process so they can t comment. but today the liberal democrats are saying rishi sunak should sack so gavin williamson. iain watson reporter:. the home secretary says she is working night and day to deal with the rising number of migrants arriving across the channel, but warned there was still a long way to go before a solution can be found. suella braverman made the comments in an interview with the mail on sunday after facing heavy criticism over the government s immigration policies. 0ur reporter simonjones is in dover for us this morning. simon, what more can you tell us? well, the home secretary visited dover on thursday to meet border force staff and then she went on to the controversial migrant processing centre at manston. she reviews than to talk to the media, she has now
across the channel, but warned there was still a long way to go before a solution can be found. suella braverman made the comments in an interview with the mail on sunday after facing heavy criticism over the government s immigration policies. 0ur reporter simonjones is in dover for us this morning. simon, lots of headlines in the papers. spring is up to date on what we know so far. just bring us. the home secretary visited dover on thursday to speak to border force a star. she then went on to the controversial migrant processing centre at manston. but she refused to speak to the media. she has now written this newspaper article. in it she says she understands the frustration of people when they see all these boats coming across the channel and she has an uncompromising message. she says people who arrive in the uk illegally from a safe country are not welcome and should not expect to stay here. so what is she going to do about the issue? well, she hence developing a new deal the fr