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U.K. and France Strike Deal Over Migrant Boats Crossing Channel

LONDON—The U.K. and France struck a deal on Thursday to try to slow a record number of migrants crossing the English Channel in flimsy boats, as anti-immigrant populists in both countries lead in the polls. As part of the deal, the U.K. would return migrants to France in exchange for accepting an equal number already in France that have a stronger connection to the U.K. French police would also get more powers to stop the migrants as they set out from the shore.