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PARIS: France will tigh­ten security at its northern ports and increase surveillance along beaches to counter the rise in migrants trying to cross the English Chan­­nel to reach Britain, its interior minister said on Friday. More than 500 mig­rants, mostly Iranian, tried to cross the narrow stretch of water, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, during 2018, …

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