{"id":187340,"date":"2025-06-15T21:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/187340\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T21:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:37:10","slug":"france-must-do-more-to-stop-channel-migrants-starmer-will-demand-in-crunch-summit-with-macron-as-arrivals-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/187340\/","title":{"rendered":"France MUST do more to stop Channel migrants, Starmer will demand in crunch summit with Macron as arrivals surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SIR Keir Starmer is to demand France step up in the small boats crisis.<\/p>\n<p>He will call for \u201cmore cooperation\u201d near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/calais-jungle\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calais <\/a>when he meets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/emmanuel-macron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/g7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G7<\/a> summit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Keir Starmer in conversation.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Reuters\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/frances-president-emmanuel-macron-britains-996108961.jpg\" data-caption=\"France MUST do more to stop Channel migrants, Starmer will demand in crunch summit with Macron\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/frances-president-emmanuel-macron-britains-996108961.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>France MUST do more to stop Channel migrants, Starmer will demand in crunch summit with MacronCredit: Reuters<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Migrants in a small boat crossing the English Channel.\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-gravelines-france-numbers-migrants-999436822.jpg\" data-caption=\"A summer surge of illegal crossings is under way, with outbreaks of violence\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-gravelines-france-numbers-migrants-999436822.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>A summer surge of illegal crossings is under way, with outbreaks of violenceCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>It comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35382520\/french-police-worse-stopping-small-boats-migrants-channel\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">French police <\/a>are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35388988\/french-cops-fail-stop-migrant-boat\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">entering the water<\/a> but dismally failing to stop journeys, with 1,500 migrants crossing the Channel in the past four days.<\/p>\n<p>The PM said relations have improved with the French \u201cin relation to the work we both need to do to stop these boat crossings\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI want to see more cooperation in northern France, and it\u2019s an issue that I have raised and will raise again with President Macron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PM said he will also engage with other European leaders on tackling illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration<\/a> at the summit in Alberta, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir has struggled to stem migrant arrivals since arriving at No\u200a10 last July. <\/p>\n<p>He has vowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35385383\/migrant-hotels-rachel-reeves-no-clue\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">end the use of hotels by 2029<\/a>, saving around \u00a31billion a year. <\/p>\n<p>Chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/rachel-reeves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Reeves<\/a> said last week \u00a3200million would go on clearing the asylum backlog.<\/p>\n<p>A summer surge of illegal crossings is under way, with outbreaks of violence. <\/p>\n<p>A Sudanese man was shot dead and a mother and child wounded by suspected people-smugglers at Dunkirk over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Channel migrants queue for cash in hand jobs as secrets of UK&#8217;s \u00a3260bn illegal economy revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SIR Keir Starmer is to demand France step up in the small boats crisis. 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