At Friday's summit, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron put on a display of bonhomie not seen in years, with both leaders using phrases like “new beginnings” - but experts warn it's early days in the campaign to reset Franco-British relations.Even with enhanced coastline security, there’s no guarantee that the number of crossings will go down, said Sarah Wolff, a migration and EU politics expert at Queen Mary University. “If migrants want to find a way, they will find a way,” she said. Wolff said that the UK needed to look at “working with civil society” and “legal ways to come to the UK”, not just pursue measures that are “important for reelection”.
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