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The home secretary, suella braverman, has signed a new agreement with france to reduce the number of migrants crossing the channel on small boats. the uk will give france more money for increased patrols on french beaches, and for better surveillance such as drones and night vision equipment. for the first time british immigration officals will be in french control rooms. so far this year, more than 40,000 people have made the crossing, the highest number on record, as richard galpin reports. according to latest figures, 853 people were detected crossing the channel in small boats on sunday. a...

It was only in november last year that 27 people died in a single night when boats got into trouble on the channel. and yes, there's more talks going on with the french to try and increase patrols on the beaches, maybe put some british officers into the french control rooms. but that's not going to make a massive amount of difference to the people crossing in the short term. and, yes, while the weather's been bad for the last couple of weeks, ministers have managed to reduce the number of people being held in the manston processing centre. but as the weather's gone good again, those numbers ar...

With the french to try and increase patrols on the beaches, may put some british officers into the french control rooms. but that is not going to make a massive amount of difference to the people crossing in the short term. and yes, while the weather has been bad for the last couple of weeks, ministers had managed to reduce the number of people being held in the manston processing centre, but as the weather becomes good again, those numbers will start to rise again, and they will only get those numbers down by moving people out into hotels, and people are concerned about the millions of pounds...

Year it reached 28,500. well, by last night, we werejust less than 100 short of 40,000. and talking to witnesses and to rescuers today, it's clear that more than 100 have crossed since midnight last night. so that red line has gone over 40,000. and of course, we're only in mid—november and last year, around 8000 crossed in the last two months of the year. so it's likely that the figure by the end of the year is going to be closer to 50,000 than 40 thousand if the weather stays good. it's very, very awkward for ministers, not least of all, because it makes them look as if they're not in contr...

Because it makes them look as if they're not in control of the southern coast of the united kingdom, but also because of the risk of people dying. it was only in november last year that 27 people died in a single night when boats got into trouble on the channel. and yes, there's more talks going on with the french to try and increase patrols on the beaches, maybe put some british officers into the french control rooms. but that's not going to make a massive amount of difference to the people crossing in the short term. and, yes, while the weather's been bad for the last couple of weeks, minist...