Calais, France – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday asking France to immediately start taking back all migrants who land in England after crossing the Channel, after at least 27 died when their boat foundered off Calais.
Home Secretary Priti Patel spoke with French counterpart Gerald Darmanin to put forward plans for greater “collaboration and innovation”, according to a statement. Macron, after vowing France would not allow the Channel to become a “cemetery”, spoke earlier to Johnson to agree on stepping up efforts to thwart the traffickers blamed for the surge in crossings.
Seventeen men, seven women, and three minors died when the inflatable boat lost air and took on water off the northern port of Calais on Wednesday. A manslaughter probe has been opened. The circumstances of the tragedy have not yet been clarified, but Mohamed, a 22-year-old Syrian, told AFP he was one of the last people to see them: “They were with me here in Calais three days ago.He said conditions were dangerous yesterday.In telephone talks, Johnson and Macron agreed on the “urgency of stepping up joint efforts to prevent these deadly crossings”, according to Downing Street.
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