Migrants at English Channel

Migrants board a smuggler’s inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France. Tens of thousands more have reached Britain, where the government has vowed to crack down on people-smuggling gangs. French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced an agreement on a pilot programme to return migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats. — AFP