The dangerous crossings of migrants through the English channel are an important topic of conversation about the current state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron in Great Britain. Since the beginning of the year, more than 21,000 immigrants have illegally crossed the English canal. A new maximum number can be reached by the end of the year.
There are no staff cards in Great Britain, there is no obligation to identify or implement. This makes it easier for migrants to stay in Britain and work black in Britain. France calls on Britain to act sharply against non -approved work to reduce the attractiveness of the country for migrants.
In fact, other factors play a role in many cases. Many migrants speak English and already have family members or friends in Great Britain.
Crossing to truck is becoming increasingly difficult
Until 2018, migrants had mainly hidden themselves in trucks that are loaded on freight trains and thus cross the Eurotunnel. Since France continued to secure access to the Eurotunnel and stuck the truck control, the tractors have expanded the hose boats activities.
The lifeguard costs extra
The transit industry is in the hands of internationally organized tractor gangs. They receive rubber boats that are intended for a maximum of ten passengers and sell places for 50 to 60 people. A cross costs several thousand euros. If you want a lifeguard, you pay more.
Part of the group is on the boat wall, the rest is in the middle. Because the boats are completely overloaded, it often happens that the boat is full of water and capsises or the wooden floor fractures. People also have life because panic broke and they are crushed. About 80 percent of the dead are done near the coast.
British pay money for measures
Great Britain has been paying money since the Sandhurst agreement 2018 to contain the number of crossings without great success. “We pay the French police officers their buggies, off -road vehicles and drones, and the migrants are still coming,” “criticized the British tabloid” The Sun “recently.
It is even difficult to keep a boat out of the descent. In short, it is not illegal to climb a rubber boat on the coast. As soon as the boat is on the water, safety forces can only intervene according to the International Caval Act if it is in need.
The French Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleeau wants to expand the possible use of the French security forces. In the future they have to intervene up to 300 meters off the coast and prevent boats from continuing. Critics fear that this could lead to panic and more accidents on migrant boats.
Shortly before Macron’s state visit, the British broadcaster BBC, such as French police officers who have become in the water in the presence of a British TV correspondent and open a rubber boat full of migrants. It was very similar to a staging, especially because a spokesperson for the British government explicitly praised French procedure.
Paris and London can agree on this
According to British media, the two parties negotiate an agreement that France is supposed to withdraw migrants to Great Britain via the English channel. In exchange, Great Britain must include the same number of migrants who should legally participate in the course of a family management.
France calls for the migrants who have been rejected by Great Britain to various European countries. It was initially not foreseen whether such an agreement could be announced during the state visit.
Source: Krone
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