UK and France sign deal to make Channel migrant crossings 'unviable'

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Both countries agree to double police patrols on route already used by more than 8,000 people this year

Britain and France have signed a new agreement aimed at curbing the number ofThe home secretary, Priti Patel, and her French counterpart, Gérald Darmanin, said they wanted to make the route used byThey agreed to double the number of French police patrolling a 150km stretch of coastline targeted by people-smuggling networks.The announcement was criticised by a charity as an “extraordinary mark of failure” akin to “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic”.

 

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“Illegal migration” define that then. Is it the UN definition?

How much of our taxpayers money is she wasting in these schemes that won’t work!’

Waar blijven de MENSEN?

Shameful. Instead of spending taxpayers money to contribute to their police state, provide refugees with asylum and safe passage. Where is the empathy and humanity?

Shameful. Instead of spending taxpayers money to contribute to their police state, provide refugees with asylum and safe passage. Where is the empathy and humanity?

Nonsense. Unless we have parity of benefits for migrants they will seek to cross. Simple as that.

Exactly. How can Britain be a racist state without proper border control. You should build a wall too. I know someone about to retire who can help...

not one of them boat people have a right to be here , if they want to come use the door use a rubber boat you get sent back , its not right to live in the uk unless you were born here or given citizenship , its a privilege not a right !!!

It does not solve the problem of why so many want to get to the UK and cannot settle in France or other counties in Europe they have passed through on route.

Perhaps you should spend more energy on providing these people aid and safe passage, than continuing to build your dystopian police state.

Ah oui un clandestine deal! Of course more police will increase safety of desperate human beings seeking Asylum - NON!

God made the Earth one, you have no right to erect boarders where God made none. JustinWelby where is your condemnation of this? Christ would not turn away those coming to his door asking for help. God's Earth is one, and for all His creatures.

Is this cos they’re worried about a possible rush of Brits leaving after Brexit?

Question for . What percentage of your employees house economic migrants posing as asylum seekers?

And WHAT in its place

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