New British-French Deal to Fight ‘Vile People Smuggling’

New British-French Deal to Fight ‘Vile People Smuggling’
Migrants throw objects at French police officers in a cloud of tear gas as police dismantle a makeshift shelter camp in Calais, France, on July 10, 2020. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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PARIS—France and Britain signed an agreement Sunday to share intelligence in their joint fight against the human traffickers who are illegally smuggling migrants across the English Channel.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the deal to set up a French-British intelligence unit would allow for better exchanges of information about smuggling networks.