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France is to begin banning small boats in the English Channel, after months of pressure from the United Kingdom, the BBC reports.
This decision comes after Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote to President Emmanuel Macron asking him to support the plan.
French security forces will be allowed to stop dinghies at sea, but only before they have picked up their passengers.
French agents have rarely intervened to stop overcrowded lifeboats leaving the coastline because this is considered too great a risk for both officers and civilians.
This development comes after a report by British authorities confirmed a decline in illegal immigration into the country.
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