Today, Thursday, British newspapers reported that the British Home Office will return ships carrying illegal immigrants to France.
According to MTI, Home Secretary Priti Patel discussed the immigration issue with her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin on Wednesday in the framework of a meeting of G7 interior ministers in London.
Earlier this year, London and Paris announced that they had reached an agreement to more than double the number of police officers patrolling French coasts. Under the agreement, the British government will support the efforts of the French authorities to combat illegal immigration with 54 million pounds (22 billion HUF). According to press reports, Priti Patel is now considering it
It will not transfer the promised money to France unless the number of illegal immigrants entering the UK is reduced.
A French politician said in this regard that migrants cannot be prevented from crossing because the police are simply unable to control the entire French coast. “Nothing can stop them,” said Pierre-Henri Dumont, the coastal city representative of Calais in the French National Assembly, on BBC Radio 4 today.
Brit press releases According to the Ministry of the Interior, this was also recently envisaged
Return ships carrying illegal immigrants to France.
Rumor has it that the Coast Guard has been training for months on how to easily return ships to French territorial waters. However, this would only be done if larger vehicles could be returned safely and there was no danger of them tipping over or sinking.
In this regard, a decision must be made by the master of a particular passenger ship.
The border guards then notify the French coast guard and transfer responsibility for the rescue to them. Sky News According to the Ministry of the Interior, it also requested prior legal advice in this regard, and then decided to tighten the procedures.
This move is justified by the recent significant increase in illegal immigration to the UK. And on Monday, a record number of illegal immigrants – eyewitnesses say at least a thousand – tried to cross the English Channel through England. According to the data of the Ministry of the Interior, 785 people tried to cross, 378 of whom were already blocked by the French.
