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Emmanuel Macron (Image: GETTY)
Emmanuel Macron is not attending Sir Keir Starmer's summit focused on finding a way to tackle people-smuggling gangs.
Some 40 representatives of European countries are gathering in the UK today to try and find an effective solution to end the activity of these groups.
But the French President will not be one in attendance, despite France being at the centre of the crisis just as much as Britain.
Asked whether there was disappointment in the Government over Mr Macron's absence, Dame Angela Eagle told Sky News: "I think we got very high calibre attendees and with the attendees we got are the people who are doing this job, so the Interior Ministry, the equivalent of our Home Secretary, and other ministers.
"We also got, very crucially for day two, the operational experts, so the national crime agencies, the crime prosecution services, the people who are doing the job on the ground - border services, all talking to their counterpart, to see how to challenge this problem."
Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)
Attendees will discuss international co-operation, supply routes, criminal finances and online adverts for dangerous journeys.
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