British money sent to France to stop illegal migrant crossings was spent on microwaves, phone chargers and vacuum cleaners, it has emerged.
Some of the funding was also spent on guarding the French border with Italy, which is about 550 miles away from the English Channel.
France has failed to stop more than half of all migrants trying to make the illegal Channel crossing since 2018, according to a freedom of information request by the Politico website.
