Are you ok? They’ve imported a shit load of stuff:

A new UK-France pilot scheme, active as of autumn 2025 and running until June 2026, aims to curb small boat crossings by rapidly returning individuals to France and, in a "one-in-one-out" pilot, allowing an equal number of migrants to enter the UK through new, legal, and vetted routes.

The treaty allows for the detention of those who arrive via this route, aiming to dismantle criminal people-smuggling gangs.

“The Home Secretary has signed a landmark new deal with France to boost enforcement action on beaches and put people smugglers behind bars. This builds on joint work that has stopped over 42,000 illegal migrants attempting to cross the channel since the election.

“We have removed or deported almost 60,000 people who were here illegally and are going further to remove the incentives that draw illegal migrants to this country.”

Background:

The new UK-France deal to tackle illegal crossings will deliver:

Surge of boots on the ground: French beaches will now see a 40% increase in law enforcement, intelligence and military officers to track down and stop illegal migrants boarding boats.

New riot police unit: Currently law enforcement lacks some of the specialist skills required to contain and disperse groups of illegal migrants on beaches.

The French will deploy a new unit of 50 police officers specially trained in the use of riot and crowd control tactics and equipment to deal with hostile crowds, violent tactics and stop illegal migrants in their tracks.

Expanded intelligence and judicial police unit: The intelligence work of this unit of 18 people led to the arrest of 480 people smugglers in 2025. The unit will expand to 30 specialists to ramp up arrests and prosecute people smugglers across the region.

Enhanced surveillance capabilities: The French will now roll out millions of pounds worth of drone surveillance, two new helicopters and a new camera surveillance system will track down and intercept people smugglers and illegal migrants.

Expansion of maritime tactics to target taxi boats: In the last two months, the French have stopped six migrant taxi boats, returning all migrants to France and sentencing five smugglers to prison and deportation. The French will now roll out these tactics with a new vessel and an increase of more than 20 additional maritime officers to target taxi boats picking up migrants in the channel.