UK Extends Border Plan With France as Talks Over New Deal Drag
The French Maritime Gendarmerie vessel in the English Channel near Gravelines, northern France.
Photographer: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty ImagesFrance agreed to continue efforts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel to enter the UK, despite the two countries failing to agree a new deal to replace their existing pact, which was due to expire Tuesday night.
Instead, the two nations will extend contracts under that deal by two months as negotiations continue on a £650 million ($857 million) replacement agreement, the UK Home Office said in a statement.