UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

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Shabana Mahmood speaking to a gendarme at Zuydcoote beach, France, where she signed a deal with her French counterpart to try to stop migrants crossing the Channel. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The UK will pay for 200 French officers to detain and deport people seeking asylum from some of the world’s most oppressive and war-ravaged regimes under a new Read