SIR Keir Starmer is to demand France step up in the small boats crisis.
He will call for “more cooperation” near Calais when he meets Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit.
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It comes as French police are now entering the water but dismally failing to stop journeys, with 1,500 migrants crossing the Channel in the past four days.
The PM said relations have improved with the French “in relation to the work we both need to do to stop these boat crossings”.
He added: “I want to see more cooperation in northern France, and it’s an issue that I have raised and will raise again with President Macron.”
The PM said he will also engage with other European leaders on tackling illegal immigration at the summit in Alberta, Canada.
Sir Keir has struggled to stem migrant arrivals since arriving at No 10 last July.
He has vowed to end the use of hotels by 2029, saving around £1billion a year.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said last week £200million would go on clearing the asylum backlog.
A summer surge of illegal crossings is under way, with outbreaks of violence.
A Sudanese man was shot dead and a mother and child wounded by suspected people-smugglers at Dunkirk over the weekend.
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