Once Again, France Promises To Stop Migrant Boats Crossing the English Channel – Starmer is Paying Macron Billions To Do That, With No Results
Macron’s empty promises, again?
Treaties between the UK and France to stop the Channel crossings date back to 2018 with the Sandhurst Treaty.
Successive ‘upgrades’ saw a situation where, by late 2022, the UK had pledged over £140 million in total to France for Channel security measures.
There was just one problem: France was happy to collect the billions in UK taxpayers’ money, but nothing was done to prevent the crossings.
France is under pressure—and the UK’s patience is running thin. Migrant boats flood the Channel, and Britain is calling on France to finally take real control. French police can’t enter the sea unless lives are “immediately at risk”—a loophole that’s become a pipeline. pic.twitter.com/PEfJ6IBnUA
— April Color (@ColorApril) July 5, 2025
In early June, we reported: Macron’s France Promises to Finally Stop Migrant Boats Crossing the Channel as Starmer’s UK Is Overrun With Illegals.
This reboot was gladly announced as a result of the close relations between Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer.
French police puncture a dinghy that was going to be used by illegal immigrants to cross the English Channel.
Well done to the French police pic.twitter.com/kFW3FuZePj
— Queen Natalie (@TheNorfolkLion) March 16, 2025
In July 2025, during Macron’s state visit to the UK, he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a ‘groundbreaking partnership’ to finally start tackling illegal Channel crossings.
And still, nothing was done by France to stop the crossings.
As for the Macron-Starmer partnership, it’s good for a little warmongering, as you can read in ULTIMATE ESCALATION: United Kingdom and France To Work Together on ‘Nuclear Deterrence’ to ‘Protect Europe’.
I’m on the Channel today just off Calais to see if the Government’s new deal with France is working
It isn’t
There is a boat full of illegal immigrants crossing right in front of me
The French warship is escorting it and & making no attempt at all to stop it
More news later pic.twitter.com/Mpt3ynqzJU
— Chris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial) August 6, 2025
Today (28) yet again, French authorities vowed to start intercepting small boats in the Channel, following pressure from the UK.
But here’s the catch: only WITHOUT the illegal migrants.
What a clown show.
BBC reported:
“The change in policy comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wrote to President Emmanuel Macron urging him to back the plan and saying we currently ‘have no effective deterrent’ in the Channel, according to a report in Le Monde.
French security forces will be allowed to stop the small boats at sea, but only before they’ve picked up their passengers, the maritime police force has confirmed to the BBC.”
‘Starmer is begging the French for help!’@PatrickChristys reacts as Keir Starmer admits Britain has no effective deterrent to stop asylum seekers crossing to Britain, and celebrates Brits taking matters into their own hands in France. pic.twitter.com/Ftp6TAi19w
— GB News (@GBNEWS) November 28, 2025
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