France and Britain have been involved in a bitter war of words over the failure of French border patrols to prevent migrants from crossing the English Channel, which has claimed dozens of lives. Home Secretary Priti Patel was due to meet with her counterparts from France, Belgium and the Netherlands on Sunday, but was uninvited by France after Mr Johnson publicly released a letter to Mr Macron outlining his proposals to address the migrant crisis.
The Prime Minister said five steps the UK and France could take to deter migrants from making the dangerous trip across the Channel after 27 people died trying to make the journey. Ms Patel warned that a failure to cooperate on European level would lead to even worse scenes in the Channel over the coming weeks. The EU has blamed the EU for the escalating migrant crisis. The Express reader Ronkneelives wrote: Our own British Civil Service is working tirelessly to undermine our own country, as a result of our initial story.
No matter what the elected politicians decide, the establishment will always be tied to Brussels. Fellow fellow reader RufflesTheGuineaPig replied: Our government can't deal with the migrant problem until they accept that WE are the EU's solution to the migrant problem. We need to treat what they are doing as the hostile act. EUTHESINKINGSHIP said in a separate comment that the problem lies on the borders of the EU and the shambolic Schengen agreement. Emmanuel Macron has a 'peculiar resentment' towards UK VIDEO Brexit fishing war brink: Beaune sets brutal deadline for French fume COMMENTS VDL to announce emergency measures against Omicron variant LATEST When in this letter the English say the French should 'take back all their migrants', it's a mockery. When Mr Johnson says that France must 'take back its migrants, he is asking that France exonerate him from all responsibility in matters of reception. The UK government has to take responsibility for its own responsibilities.