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United Kingdom and France agree to crack down on migrant crossings in the English Channel

Britain will pay France at least $75 million a year in a deal designed to reduce illegal migration across the English Channel. A record 40,000 asylum seekers have crossed so far this year. As part of the deal, the French will step up efforts to stop smugglers and British officers will be stationed in French immigration control centers. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.

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