Despite striking a deal with her worth £54 million

Britain complains of France's failure to monitor illegal immigration boats

More than 1,000 people crossed during the first day of the week.

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The British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has told members of the British Parliament that she is ready to withhold millions of pounds for the French to use to prevent migrants from crossing into the UK;

This is after a record number of people who arrived in Britain were monitored a few days ago.

The minister is said to be angry at the low numbers of migrants being intercepted before they reach British waters since London agreed to pay £54m to France to double its patrols.

Patel tried to assuage Conservative MPs;

The newspaper learned that Patel blamed the French, and said it was ready to withdraw the funding they were promised about two months ago, if they fail to stop three out of four intruders, by the end of this month.

We won't give France money

The minister told the deputies: “We have not given them a single pound of money, so far, and France must cooperate with us if it wants to get the money,” explaining, “Paying the money is conditional on the results, and we have not seen these results yet.”

Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry has yet to confirm the final number of migrants who have recently crossed the channel.

But government sources said it was likely to approach 1,000, breaking the daily record of 828, as people smugglers took advantage of the mild weather.

If confirmed, the total number of crossings will rise to more than 13,500 this year, compared to 8,420 people who crossed last year.

Unconfirmed reports in the British city of Dover indicated that more than 1,000 people could cross in one day.

Thanks to the mild weather, 158 crossings were made on Sunday without being spotted on small boats.

Bad weather was seen as the reason for the dwindling numbers of intruders.

Record number in one day

The previous daily record was set on August 21, when 828 migrants crossed the English Channel.

On the same day, the French prevented another 193 crossing attempts, less than a fifth of the total number of crossing attempts.

Since a £54m deal was struck on July 21 to double the French leagues, more than 3,500 migrants have arrived in Britain.

The French have arrested less than half of that number, according to Home Office sources.

The Minister of the Interior plans to confront her French counterpart, Gerald Darmanin, on this issue at the meeting of the G7 interior ministers, which she is hosting in London soon.

It is expected to decide whether to pay the French £54m by the end of the month.

It can hand over part of the money, with the rest paid on condition that results are improved.

Government sources said that the goal of the French is to prevent at least 75% of crossing.

"The interception rate has to reach a certain point to act as a deterrent," said a source, who asked not to be named.

Those close to Patel said she did not want to participate in the Conservative Party conference, early next month, with the continued flow of migrants into the UK.

Interior Ministry officials expressed frustration with the French for their refusal to use reconnaissance planes along the coast at night, when smuggling activity was at its peak.

It is understood that the small aircraft cannot be used in the dark due to safety concerns, in France.

French police were also unable to deploy drones supplied by Britain due to French privacy laws.

Interception rates in French waters tripled after a similar deal to increase patrols in November last year, with more than 8,000 migrants spotted by August.

As of spring, the Interior Ministry said, the French had spotted about three out of four small boats trying to cross the canal.

Since then the objection rate has decreased.

On average, the French intercept fewer than two out of every four crossing attempts.

Among the migrants, recently brought to shore by the Border Guard ships, was an infant and a number of young children.

A full lifeboat was seen ashore in Dungeness, Kent.

Three buses parked near the city hotel were waiting to take the immigrants to the reception center in Dover.

A video of an inflatable boat abandoned on a beach in Kings Doane, Kent County, was shared on social media.

“The government must realize that at a time when there is war, persecution and violence, people will be forced to make dangerous journeys in search of safety,” said Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council. They have committed a sin, and the charges against them are many, but they are struggling to survive.”

Solomon said: “The government should change its approach, and instead of seeking to penalize or turn away people seeking safety for the type of trip they have taken to the UK, it should establish and stick to safer routes.

As a country, we can save lives and empower people, who have already gone through so many tragedies.”

Unacceptable height

"This unacceptable rise in dangerous transit cases is being led by criminal gangs, in addition to the increase in illegal immigration through Europe," Dan O'Mahony, commander of the unit dealing with hidden threats, told the English Channel. "We are determined to target criminals at all levels, and so far, We have secured nearly 300 arrests, 65 convictions, and prevented more than 10,000 attempts to emigrate, but there is more to be done, and the government’s new immigration plan is the only credible way to fix the broken asylum system, break the criminal gang business model and welcome people through safe and legal routes.”

The total number of people who crossed has reached more than 13,500 this year, compared to 8,420 people who crossed last year.

Unconfirmed reports in the British city of Dover indicated that more than 1,000 people could cross in one day.

The British "Interior" says that until spring, the French were spotting about three out of every four small boats, trying to cross the canal.

Since then the objection rate has decreased.

On average, the French intercept fewer than two out of every four crossing attempts.

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