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Posted on 03/23/2026 1:37:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A deal with France to pay for migrant beach patrols has been delayed because Shabana Mahmood wants stricter, payment-by-results terms, The Times has been told.
The Home Office said it was trying to add “flexibility and innovation” to the agreement to base funding on the number of interceptions made by the French.
British officials will go to Paris this week for another round of talks on the proposed three-year deal before the existing arrangement expires next Tuesday. There are concerns about a potential surge in Channel crossings if there is a gap between the deals.
At present, Britain pays nearly two thirds of the £160 million annual cost of migrant patrols in northern France. Mahmood, the home secretary, is demanding new terms under which the funds would be released only after the French hit a certain interception rate, The Times understands.
The French government is understood to have agreed to the model in principle but has not agreed to the scale of Mahmood’s ambition, according to sources.
The French intercept only 37 per cent of attempted crossings at present, down from better than 50 per cent in 2023 when the existing three-year deal, worth £475 million, was signed.
It is not known what interception rate Mahmood is demanding in return for the funding, but a former Home Office official who worked on the previous deal said the French had rejected 80 per cent.
The Home Office refused to comment on the details of the negotiations but confirmed that the home secretary was demanding a new approach. A spokesperson said: “We do not comment on anonymous briefings. We are building flexibility and innovation into any new deal with the French to ensure long-term value for money and a real impact on small boat crossings.”
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The capitulation of Europe to the Islamofascists is complete.
Did somebody misplace the white flag?
Every illegal migrant arriving from France should be immediately returned to France. Period! And the UK should be paying France nothing.
Putting the fox in charge of guarding the henhouse here with this koranimal.
Torpedoes still work?
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