PARIS (Reuters) -Record illegal migrant crossings across the English Channel this year showed Brexit had failed to deliver on a British promise of tighter border controls, said French President Emmanuel Macron, adding that British people had been 'sold a lie.'

Sir Keir Starmer and France's President Macron held talks at Downing Street. Mr Macron has suggested Britain needs to reduce the "pull factors" attracting migrants to the UK.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced a deal that aims to address the record number of migrants crossing the English Channel.