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Gérald Darmanin calls for a “migration treaty” between London and the European Union
Shipwreck in the English Channel: Gérald Darmanin calls for a “migration treaty” between the United Kingdom and the European Union
(FRANCEINFO)
“People are trying very hard to get to Britain because they know they are probably not deportable from British territory,” the resigning Home Secretary said.
A few hours after the sinking of a migrant boat which left at least 12 dead in the English Channel, the resigning Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin called on Tuesday 3 September for a conclusion “a migration treaty between Great Britain and the European Union” For “reestablishing a classic migratory relationship” with the United Kingdom
Indicating that the victims of the shipwreck are “probably people from the Horn of Africa”Gérald Darmanin recalled that those who attempt the crossing do so for “join a family, sometimes to work in conditions that are not acceptable in France”He also listed criteria that he believes make the UK attractive: “Often, you can work without having a papers”, and “Since there is no common immigration policy with the EU (…), people are trying a lot to go to Great Britain because they know that they are probably not deportable from British territory”.
“The solution”according to the resigning minister, “It is our British friends, and we are working with them (…), to make a treaty which allows us (…) a causal link between requests for asylum and the acceptance of asylum in Great Britain”. “It is not the tens of millions of euros that we negotiate each year with our British friends and who only pay a third of what we spend, we”which will put an end to illegal departures, he continued.
