39m ago
20:54
Macron calls for urgent EU meeting to discuss
immigration
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday
called for an urgent meeting of European Union ministers involved in
immigration issues following the drowning of 31 people as they tried to reach
Britain from French shores.
“France will not allow the English Channel to
turn into a graveyard,” Macron said in a statement.
He also called for the immediate reinforcement of
European Union border agency Frontex, Reuters reported.
1h ago
20:25
People seeking to cross the Channel must be moved
from Calais to the middle of France - even if by force, the city’s MP has said.
Pierre-Henri Dumont told Sky News that people
will continue to try to cross the English Channel as long as they are based in
Calais.
Currently, most boats set off from the northern
French coast near Calais and Dunkirk, the Press Association reported.
More than 25,700 people made the journey in small
boats this year, according to data compiled by PA.
Mr Dumont said that would-be refugees must be
moved away from the Channel and into health centres in the middle of France.
“My message to the French authorities, which I
said to them a few minutes ago, is that we need to understand that if the
migrant is in Calais - or around the Channel - they will try to cross the
Channel”, he said.
“We need to move them, even if by force, to
health centres in the middle of France.”
The UK has offered to send police and border
officials to France to help them prevent people from crossing the Channel.
However, Mr Dumont said that France cannot accept
the UK’s offer due to “the question of sovereignty”.
“I heard Priti Patel’s comments yesterday
claiming that she offered France British troops - that is not possible because
of the question of sovereignty,” he said.
“But if the soldiers and patrols are in Calais
with the migrants they will still find a way to cross, because you cannot
monitor 200km of shore at the same time.”
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