FRANCE AND UK TO STRIKE DEAL TO STOP MIGRANTS CROSSING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

Sat 12 November 2022:

A British publication reported that an agreement between Britain and France to increase their joint efforts to stop risky English Channel crossings by illegal immigrants is expected to be achieved as soon as Monday.

The 200 French officials and volunteers who currently patrol Channel beaches will significantly grow as a result of the agreement, the Telegraph daily reports, and France will work to prevent a “much higher” number of migrants from departing.

France will agree to a combined control center with British immigration police stationed there, according to the statement.

James Cleverly, the foreign minister of the United Kingdom, and Catherine Colonna, her French counterpart, released a statement on Friday highlighting the “urgency of tackling all forms of illegal migration.”

According to British authorities, an agreement is imminent.

On Saturday, representatives of the British and French governments chose not to comment on the reports.

The Express newspaper reported that an agreement would be reached in the coming week and that it would probably include additional British drones to find migrants hiding in sand dunes before they attempt the perilous crossings, which are sometimes made in flimsy dinghies.

Since the beginning of the year, small boats have transported nearly 40,000 migrants over the English Channel, up from 28,526 last year. Rishi Sunak, the incoming British Prime Minister, is under pressure to find a way to lessen the flow as a result of this.

Since Sunak became prime minister last month, relations between Britain and France have improved after worsening under former leaders Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, who questioned whether French President Emmanuel Macron was a friend or foe during her campaign for the position.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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