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Natacha Bouchart said the UK’s “much more favourable” benefits system was one of the main reasons people want to cross the Channel.

The 51-year-old told the Home Affairs Select Committee that some 2,500 illegal immigrants are in the town, with many willing to risk their lives to reach the UK.

She said: “You have a much more favourable regime in Britain than in other European countries.

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