10.10.2021. 20:50
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said France is pressing for an immigration deal between the European Union and Britain to settle the row over illegal immigrants between London and Paris.
Darmanin He visited the coastal towns of Loon-Plage and Marck in France on Saturday,
Through which migrants try almost daily to cross the territory of the island country by boat.
He stressed the need for an EU agreement that would address issues of asylum, deportation and family reunification. As he said, this project will be on the agenda of the French Presidency of the European Union from January 2022.
The French minister also called on the British government to disburse the 62.7 million euros promised in July for border protection missions.
Priti Patel Britain’s home secretary indicated in September that London’s leadership would withhold resources unless Paris more forcefully prevented the departure of boats full of migrants.
According to the summary of the British news agency PA
So far this year, more than seventeen thousand illegal immigrants have arrived on the English coast via the English Channel.
According to the British Home Office last year on the strait between France and Britain Transfer of 8,417 asylum seekers.
