UK home secretary Priti Patel has told British MPs that France “won’t see a penny” of the £54m (€63m) Britain had promised to pay to double coast-guard patrols after some 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel on Monday alone. According to EUobserver, this is the highest daily figure on record.
About 13,500 people have come to the UK on irregular boat-crossings so far this year, compared to 8,420 in the whole of last year, EUobserver reports.
