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Inept French cops given millions of YOUR cash for planes, 4x4s & drones STILL fail to stop migrant boats

FRENCH cops paraded around in a buggy paid for by the UK — as dinghy migrants set sail. On yet another shambolic day, the number of arrivals here hit a record 20,000 since the start of 2025. 7 French cops parading around in buggies paid for by the UK as small boat migrants set sail Credit: AFP 7 Police patrol Gravelines beach near Dunkirk Credit: LNP 7 A plane patrols the area over Gravelines Credit: LNP Critics said £500million of taxpayer cash given to France had only turned its beaches into 'the world's most expensive sieve'. Patrols with jeeps, quad bikes and drones were pictured on the sand yesterday as smugglers prepared to launch more dinghies. On Monday alone, 879 reached British shores, the third biggest daily total in 2025. We saw patrols at Gravelines near READ MORE UK NEWS The crisis is now 48 per cent worse than this time last year and 75 per cent higher than in 2023, according to Home Office figures. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said: 'Record numbers of young undocumented males have crossed this year thanks to French beaches being the world's most expensive sieve — this is a disaster for the country. 'They are costing us money, making us less safe, and they bring a terrorist threat. 'This will only get worse under the weakest Prime Minister I have ever seen.' Most read in The Sun PM Sir Keir Starmer and French President next week for a State visit and a summit focused on tackling The UK first signed a deal with France under the last Tory government, with nearly £500million committed to extra patrols, surveillance drones, vehicles and riot vans. Illegal Channel migrant delivery riders ARRESTED as cops swoop on major asylum hotel after Sun expose Sir Keir has extended the commitment. The leaders are also preparing to unveil a new 'one in, one out' migrant returns deal — sending some France in exchange for Britain accepting migrants with family reunion rights. But the Tories have branded the plan a 'fantasy' and demanded their Rwanda scheme be reinstated. Shadow Home Secretary 'It's become a free-for-all. 'We need a removals deterrent so every single illegal immigrant who arrives is removed outside Europe. 'The crossings will then rapidly stop.' Sir Keir has faced pressure to deliver on his promise to 'smash the gangs' fuelling the crisis. 7 A cop brandishes a tear-gas spray as he tries to prevent migrants from boarding a boat at Équihen Credit: AFP 7 Another cop takes a snap at Équihen, west of Calais Credit: AFP But Downing Street insisted it will take time to solve it, warning 'it's not simple' to dismantle international smuggling networks. The PM's spokesman said the ­figures were 'clearly unacceptable', adding: 'But let's be clear, gangs have been allowed to embed industrial-scale smuggling enterprises across Europe , whilst our own ­asylum system collapsed through failed policies like They are costing us money, making us less safe, and they bring a terrorist threat. This will only get worse under the weakest Prime Minister I have ever seen Nigel Farage 'But we are taking action.' The spokesman pointed to arrests of gang leaders, thousands of boat seizures, and closer ties with France. 7 Fire officers on a jet ski as illegals try to board boat Credit: AFP 7 The number of migrant arrivals hit a record 20,000 since the start of 2025 Credit: AFP