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Re: Britain outside the EU
From the same article.
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Over the past three months France has stopped 65 percent of attempted crossings by illegal immigrants, up from 50 percent, the interior minister said.
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Figures published by the French Senate showed that, despite making more than 10,000 arrests from August 2020 to August 2021 and spending €217 million in a bid to stop the crossings, French authorities have been largely unsuccessful in stopping migration towards the UK.
The table below shows the number of successful crossings (traversées) made over the last two years compared to the number of failed crossings (Tentatives). So from August 2020 to 2021 574 crossings failed whilst 507 boats made it the UK.
The figures also revealed France had arrested or intercepted 10,522 undocumented migrants whilst 12,256 were picked up by police in the UK.
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France’s interior ministry told The Local: “While the number of crossing attempts has increased significantly; the failure rate remains at a very high level, around 60 percent since the start of the year (compared to 56 percent in 2020). In addition, from January to October, 1,295 smugglers were arrested and 30 networks dismantled, up compared to the same period in 2020.
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Looks like the French are trying to stop people getting across.
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