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Private companies making millions from Calais crackdown

BRITAIN has paid France hundreds of millions of pounds to increase border security, with the cash flowing into the pockets of military and security companies, campaigners revealed today.

French authorities have been clearing refugee settlements in Calais over the last two weeks, while the British Border Force began using drones to spot and stop migrant boats from crossing the Channel.

On-the-ground migrant-support groups say that the actions are part of the “increasingly repressive” border-security co-operation between the two nations.

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