With regards the Invasion of Migrants crossing the English Channel, the Home Office said in a statement that it was committed to making the crossings an “infrequent phenomenon” and would continue to work with French authorities on enforcement. The French authority responsible for patrolling the Channel has reported near-daily ‘rescues’ of migrant boats crossing from France to Britain. Britain operates a joint patrol with France. In December 2018, Sajid Javid, the minister then in charge of the British Home Office, declared the rise in boat arrivals that month a “major incident” and met with his French counterpart. Mr. Javid and Christophe Castaner, the interior minister of France, agreed in January to step up patrols and invest 6 million pounds, about $8 million, in drones, surveillance equipment and other measures. The vast majority of migrants who arrive in Britain are neither deported nor returned to France; most go through the asylum application process in Britain. Natalie Elphicke, a newly elected Conservative member of Parliament representing Dover and Deal, on the part of England’s coastline closest to France, called for all migrants who arrive by small boat to be returned to France. “The best way to end these dangerous crossings is to ensure that anyone found in the English Channel is returned to the safety of France,” she wrote on Twitter. Couldn’t agree more.
Migrants from France Part 10
