France shuns British minister from Channel migrants meeting

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France has told UK Home Secretary Priti Patel she is no longer invited to a meeting over the Channel migration crisis after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticised Paris' handling of the situation.

Refugees sit by a fire in the new Jungle on November 25, 2021 in Dunkirk, France. At least 27 people including five women and a young girl died on November 24 trying to cross the Channel to the UK in an inflatable dinghy in an incident which the International Organisation for Migration described as the biggest single loss of life in the Channel since it began collecting data in 2014.

France took offence at a letter sent by Johnson to President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday. A source close to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin described the letter as"unacceptable and contrary to the spirit of our discussions between partners". The decision underlined the poor post-Brexit relations between the two countries and the difficulties they may face working together to curb the flow of migrants after 27 people drowned trying to reach British shores on Wednesday.

"Darmanin told his counterpart she was not longer welcome," government spokesman Gerald Darmanin told BFM TV."No nation can tackle this alone and so I hope that the French will reconsider," transport minister Grant Shapps told BBC News.

 

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Funny thing, how the imperialist pigs of France suddenly are pro immigration against the lone wolf imperialist pigs of Brittania. Truly curious that!!

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