today, the home secretary, suella braverman, will sign an agreement that will increase the money the uk pays france from around £55 million a year to 63 million. this will fund extra patrols on french beaches, increasing the number of officers involved from 200 to 300. there will also be more use of drones and night vision equipment. and both uk and french observers will work together in each other s control rooms to help coordinate their deployments. what is important is that in order to solve the problem of illegal migration on the channel, we take a multi dimensional approach. there is no single answer, no quick fix, no silver bullet. our cooperation and collaboration with the french on the channel, on the uk coastline, on the
on the uk coastline, on the french coastline is absolutely integral to ensuring that there is a robust barrier preventing people disembarking from the french beaches in the first place. under the deal, overall funding will rise by £8 million per annum to £63 million. this, the government says, will enable it to boost the number of patrol officers by a0%, taking it to a total of 300. uk staff will also be embedded in french offices. but this local mp says the deal does not go far enough. we have had joint controls, we have had joint intelligence now for a number of years with the french. that isn t tackling this issue. the only thing that will tackle this issue is making sure the boats are stopped in france before they get in the water, and unfortunately this
the crossing so far this year. that s the highest number on record. here s the uk s home secretary, suella braverman. there s no single answer. there s no quick fix, there s no silver bullet. our cooperation and collaboration with the french on the channel, on the uk coastline, on the french coastline is absolutely integral to ensuring that there is a robust barrier preventing people disembarking from the french beaches in the first place. let s look at how this will work. the uk will increases its funding for patrolling operations in france will rise by £8 million a year or $9.4 million. it ll now total £63 million. the government says this will enable a 40% boost to the number of officers patrolling french beaches. uk observers will also be embedded in french patrol control rooms.