It is the responsibility of FRANCE to stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats, Priti Patel has said after 27 died in The English Channel. Making a statement to MPs she has offered to send more police to France.
Answering a question in the Commons, Patel also backed the view of Robert Jenrick, the Tory MP and former communities secretary, who asked: “Would she agree with me that in the short term we will see more tragedies like this unless we can agree a strategy with the French, and it is within the gift of the president of France to bring this to an end now?”
The home secretary replied: “My honourable friend is absolutely right, hence the discussion that took place between the prime minister and President Macron last night.”
It is understood that Boris Johnson, when speaking to Emmanuel Macron after the tragedy on Wednesday, also offered to have more UK officers in northern France, but that the French president was wary about the idea.
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