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French president to end three-day visit with announcement on plan to tackle illegal crossings

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Migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats to Dover as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron were in crunch talks over a deal on curbing their numbers.

People wearing life jackets arrived in Kent and disembarked from a Border Force boat amid sunny weather on Thursday.