Rishi Sunak hailed it as a critical agreement in "getting a grip of illegal migration in small boats", and said he was "confident" the number of illegal migrants would come down. However, he declined to guarantee that numbers would fall next year.
So what's the point?
Any cash given to France should be on a sliding scale. The greater the reduction in migrants making it out of France the greater the reward for the French. Throwing more money at the problem without any guarantee of results is just stupid.