France blasted after stopping fewer than a THIRD of Channel migrant crossings

FRENCH cops were criticised past nighttime for intercepting less than a 3rd of Channel migrants.

The latest Home Office figures amusement 980 radical tried to permission the beaches connected tiny boats connected the week commencing November 17.

But portion 662 successfully reached Britain, conscionable 318 were prevented from making the journey.

Britain is paying France astir £500million for its enactment curbing illegal migration, yet critics person perpetually warned taxpayers are not getting worth for money.

Downing Street past nighttime ratcheted up unit connected Paris to snare much small vessel crossings but defended the existent agreement.

Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said: “We privation to spot much interceptions, obviously, a higher interception rate. 

“We've seen higher interception rates successful the past. Our enactment with the French has prevented implicit 25,000 crossing attempts this year, and that has been helped by accrued collaboration, but we won't beryllium satisfied with that. We privation to support going further.”

Last week a radical of French mayors accused the UK authorities of “hypocrisy” for asking them to intercept tiny boats portion not doing capable to deter migration. 

Rob Bates, manager of the Centre for Migration Control, said: “Europe has intelligibly fixed up moving with Britain to extremity the Channel crossings. 

“This authorities are truthful unserious astir solving the travel of amerciable migrants that capitals crossed the continent present spot america arsenic a doormat that they tin locomotion over.”