Macron’s willingness to play border guard is being pushed to the limit

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Brexit has made Britain’s outsourcing of its border management to France increasingly untenable

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While Anglo-French relations take strain over migrant crossings, Paris is infuriated by the gap between Brexit rhetoric and reality over the maritime borderFrench President Emmanuel Macron. Picture: REUTERS/YARA NARDI

After the tragic death of at least 27 migrants in a failed attempt to reach the English coast, French officials met in Calais on Sunday with counterparts from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the EU Commission to discuss future action — but swiftly disinvited the UK after Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanded illegal migrants be “returned” to France. It follows earlier UK threats to start turning migrants back.

While Johnson’s government publicly lectures Macron on the need to get even tougher on migrant crossings, it is less upfront on how dependent it has become on France to enforce repressive border policies. The 2003 “Le Touquet” treaty, named for the seaside town where the cross-border system to police migrants was signed, has in the eyes of many French politicians effectively put the UK border on French soil.

In an ideal world, the UK, France and other European countries would co-operate and go beyond bilateral commitments. Cracking down on smugglers is only one piece of the puzzle — more countries need to accept responsibility and find ways of taking in more refugees and asylum seekers.

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