UK to pay $576m over next three years as part of agreement with France to fight illegal immigration across the Channel. The deal came to light during a summit between British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, CNN reports..

The money will primarily fund a new migrant detention center in France and deploy 500 French security and support agents "

There has been an increase in the number of illegal migrants in the United Kingdom using the services of human traffickers to smuggle them to Britain in small, unseaworthy boats.. Many such boats sank, people died.

The British government recently updated legislation to block illegal immigration, but human rights activists have criticized the update as "

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At Friday's meeting, Sunak and Macron highlighted the deep ties between their countries after years of tension over Brexit talks, fishing rights, a submarine deal with Australia and immigration..

A month ago, Sunak privately asked senior ministers and officials to come up with plans to re-engage the UK with the EU..