Sunak, Macron agree greater cooperation on Channel migrants: UK PM's office

and French President Emmanuel Macron Friday in their first call since Sunak took office agreed on greater cooperation to prevent migrant Channel crossings, Downing Street said.

Sunak stressed the “importance for both nations to make the Channel route completely unviable for people traffickers”.The issue has caused a major political headache for the UK government, which promised tighter border controls after leaving the European Union. The Times reported on Friday, citing government sources, that Sunak wants to tighten up terms of a draft deal with France on cross-Channel cooperation and make it “more ambitious”.

It said the prime minister also wants new internal targets for the UK interior ministry to process 80 percent of asylum claims within six months, to reduce the current backlog.

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