UK calls on France to do more to stop migrants crossing Channel
by Rajeev Syal and Kim Willsher from on (#5RXX2)
No 10 responds after French minister's comments that UK is using France as a punchbag' in crisis
Downing Street has called on the French government to do more to stem the number of people travelling across the Channel in small boats amid a growing diplomatic row over who bears greater responsibility.
It follows an intervention from France's interior minister Gerald Darmanin, who claimed that his country is being treated like a punchbag" by a UK government which has failed to sort out its unregulated labour market.
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