The British Prime Minister has published on Twitter a letter addressed to Mr. Macron, in which he asks France to resume immigrants arriving in the United Kingdom.
Le Monde
London and Paris had, so far, attempted to shut up their disagreements on the migratory issue after the sinking that cost 27 migrants in the Channel. But the tension is rising from a notch, Friday, November 26, as a result of the publication of a letter from Boris Johnson addressed to Emmanuel Macron, in which the British Prime Minister asks France to resume immigrants arriving in the United Kingdom. United. In response, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, annulled the invitation of his British counterpart, Prii Patel, at the Sunday meeting dedicated to migrants.
This will take place, without the British but with the Ministers responsible for Belgian, German and Dutch immigration, as well as the European Commission. In a message at M Me Patel, whose France-Presse agency had awareness, Mr. Darmanin believes that if Mr. Johnson’s letter to Mr. Macron is a “disappointment”, the fact to have made public this mail is “worse” again.
Call not to “instrumentalize” the situation
The British Prime Minister has indeed published the mail in question on Twitter Thursday night. “I propose that we put in place a bilateral readmission agreement to allow the return of all illegal migrants that cross the Channel,” he writes.
My Letter to President Macron. https://t.co/vxh0jpxzpo
Recalling that “the European Union has concluded readmission agreements with countries such as Belarus and the Russian Federation,” Johnson said “hope that such an agreement can also be concluded with the United Kingdom quickly “. “This measure would have an effect immediately and would reduce considerably – or even stop – crossings, saving lives in fundamentally breaking the economic model of criminal gangs,” he argued.
In the aftermath of this unprecedented drama in the Channel, Boris Johnson, who made the fight against immigration His battle horse in the wake of Brexit, had mentioned the responsibility of France, suggesting that his action was not “up to the situation”. Emmanuel Macron had retorted he was expecting British “they cooperate fully and refrain from instrumentalizing a dramatic situation for political purposes”.