UK not co-operating enough to curb migrant Channel crossings – French report

A damaged inflatable small boat on the shore in Wimereux, northern France (Michel Spingler/AP)

The UK is not sufficiently co-ordinating with France in efforts to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats, a French report said as part of a broader assessment pointing to the “uncertain effectiveness” of illegal migration policies.

France is “struggling to develop operational co-operation arrangements” with the UK, according to the report published on Thursday by France’s Court of Accounts, a body in charge of auditing the use of public funds, independent from the government and parliament.