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MINISTERS fear small boat crossings will spike during the France Olympics as police are diverted from Calais to Paris.
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One insider told The Sun: “We’re making big representations over the Olympics and hope we can keep enough boots on the beaches.Mr Cleverly is understood to be buoyed by recent discussions with his French counterpart Gérald Darmanin about retaining a largeArsenal land horror Champions League draw as Man City get huge glamour tie
A source close to the Home Secretary said: “We are as determined as France that they have a successful and safe Olympics and know they have thought carefully and professionally about how to achieve this. “We have discussed this and were encouraged by their willingness to achieve both that aim and a maintenance of the effective work they have been doing to help us stop the boats.”