We recommend that the UK Government continue to prioritise close, collaborative working with the French authorities, including provision of equipment and intelligence that may help disrupt organised criminal gangs that profit from the misery and desperation of migrants. An intelligence-led approach remains the best way to identify the activities of such gangs and prevent their continuing exploitation of vulnerable people. (Paragraph 31) 44 Channel crossings, migration and asylum

We recommend that the UK Government continue to prioritise close, collaborative working with the French authorities, including provision of equipment and intelligence that may help disrupt organised criminal gangs that profit from the misery and desperation of migrants. An intelligence-led approach remains the best way to identify the activities of such gangs and prevent their continuing exploitation of vulnerable people. (Paragraph 31) 44 Channel crossings, migration and asylum Type: recommendation | Number: 6 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The cross-Government effort against these dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal Channel crossings continues to prioritise close working with France and other near-border countries, to prevent launch attempts and break the business model of smugglers. This includes ever-closer operational, law enforcem