France failed to stop the French navy from escorting an overcrowded dinghy to Britain and a small boat into British waters after five people fell overboard and drowned on Tuesday. , is accused of aiding and abetting a smuggling organization operating off the coast.
A day after Britain finally passed legislation to send illegal boat migrants to processing centers in Rwanda, 402 foreign nationals have successfully crossed the Channel from France. But the overcrowded dinghy’s engine stopped, sparking panic and killing five migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, a woman and three men.
The 48 migrants on the boat were repatriated to France, but the French navy decided to continue escorting the 58 migrants who remained in the dinghy to British waters despite the drownings.
“They were able to restart their engines and decided to continue on their way to England under the watchful eye of the French Navy,” said Jacques Billand, the governor of Pas-de-Calais. Said around telegraph paper.
Brexit boss Nigel Farage first revealed in 2020 that the French navy was escorting migrants into British waters. Said On Tuesday evening, he said: “What’s really impressive is that even if five people drowned overboard, the French Navy would come and take the others off and still escort the ship. , the French Navy is working for the traffickers.”
“At what point politically can we say that French people should stop acting as human traffickers?” he asked.
Transponder data from British and French coastguards proves @Nigel_Farage It was not right that France escorted illegal immigrants to British Waters yesterday, but they did the same on Saturday.When will it be @pritipatel @BorisJohnson Activities? My report on the data: https://t.co/fVjq3KwU4t pic.twitter.com/wgjW9bEop1
— Oliver JJ Lane (@oliver_lane) May 21, 2020
Home Affairs Committee member Tim Laughton also condemned Paris, saying: “This is an incredibly irresponsible action by the French authorities on so many levels, after yet another avoidable tragedy.”
Tory MP claims police should not have allowed overcrowded boats to sail in the Channel and questioned why they did not seize the dinghy after the drowning, despite it being a “potential crime scene” I was skeptical.
Watch the video: Nigel Farage’s film about the French Navy escorting migrant ships ‘stuffed’ into British waters https://t.co/1aHsQ7C6XH
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 20, 2020
France has consistently maintained that international maritime law prevents it from bringing the migrants back to shore. It has argued that migrants must only act as bodyguards before being handed over to the UK, as they could try to throw themselves overboard if intercepted en route to the UK. British Border Force rounding up migrants and landing them at Dover.
The farcical situation, in which France is effectively dumping unwanted illegal immigrants into the UK, comes after Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s government handed over funds worth £478m (€541m) in the UK. This is further amplified by the fact that London pays Paris its alimony. Tax money was given to France to increase patrols in Calais and other smuggler-prone areas.
The money will be used by France to protect its beaches and build detention camps, but Macron’s government has firmly rejected Sunak’s attempts to include provisions for the return of migrants to France. did.
Instead, the UK government will pay Rwanda at least £370m over five years to take in migrants as asylum claims are processed, assuming the legislation passed this week is not blocked again by the courts. It’s planned.
Illegal immigration continues to rise following $500 million payment to Paris, with around 6,500 illegal immigrants reaching British shores since the start of the year and more people crossing the English Channel than last year. This is an increase of approximately 25%.
The British Reform Party, founded by Nigel Farage, says that instead of welcoming migrants from France and eventually deporting them to Rwanda, the government should turn back the Channel ships and take migrants back to France, a safe and prosperous EU country. He claimed that. A country in which a member state should apply for asylum by right.
Farage predicts Prime Minister Sunak will call summer election to avoid showing public failure of Rwanda planhttps://t.co/3ZJtDdiSOQ
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 24, 2024
