London will give the Elysee €72.2 million to help curb immigration, while Paris will increase patrols on the beaches to prevent boats from leaving
France and the United Kingdom signed a new bilateral agreement in Paris on Monday to more effectively combat illegal immigration in the Channel, after years of tension over migration issues between the two countries. More than 40,000 undocumented migrants have so far crossed the Channel in small boats to the UK so far this year, a record number according to UK government data.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and his British counterpart, Suella Braverman, pledged to step up cooperation between their two countries “to make the route of precarious boats unfeasible, save lives, dismantle criminal groups and stop illegal immigration.” prevent and deter.” .
“There is no quick fix, but this new agreement will significantly increase the number of French gendarmes patrolling the beaches of northern France and ensure that British police work hand-in-hand (with their French colleagues) to stop traffickers,” explains Braverman. after signing the agreement. “Only by working together can we hope to solve this complex problem,” added the UK’s head of the Home Affairs portfolio.
Under the agreement, “observers” will board patrol boats from the other country for the first time, “without endangering the sovereignty of any country,” the two governments said in a joint statement. Paris and London also pledged to “allocate more technological and human resources, particularly for surveillance, detention and interception of attempts to cross the border illegally”.
The United Kingdom agreed to pay France €72.2 million to help stop undocumented immigrants crossing the English Channel in precarious boats. France, for its part, pledged to increase the number of security forces patrolling French beaches by 40% over the next five months.
London regularly accuses Paris of not doing enough to curb illegal immigration from the English Channel, while the French government sees UK labor law as a magnet for illegal immigration. Many immigrants are willing to risk their lives crossing the dangerous English Channel in a precarious boat, thinking it is easier to get an undocumented job in the UK than in France.
Source: La Verdad
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