Others attacked Emmanuel Macron's administration, claiming that politics relating to the EU and the EU may have led to the human tragedy. It sparked calls for immediate action to deal with the issue. Around 47,000 people have tried to make the dangerous journey this year alone. Daniel Fasquelle, Mayor of Touquet-Paris Plage, said this tragedy is a reflection of the failure of the Government's policy of forcibly detaining migrants in France who are seeking asylum in Great Britain. It is not for lack of having alerted the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister on several occasions about the risks these migrants were desperate to reach Great Britain were taking.
The situation has continued to worsen, while the French government's only response has been to ask more money from the British to prevent the migrants from passing through Calais. I ask that the French government should immediately open negotiations with the British authorities with only one point on the agenda: the British must finally accept to welcome the asylum seekers to investigate their asylum application on their soil. This absurd and inhumane situation must end as soon as possible. The socialist politician Jean-Luc M lenchon said shame was on those who made this possible and first of all on the smugglers. He called for open access to the UK to stop more migrants dying. Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz on UK problems INSIGHT Royal Family LIVE: Harry and Meghan to push Firm 'to breaking point' LIVE UK weather: Get ready for snow as the Arctic blast hits Britain FORECAST Meanwhile, Anne Sophie Pelletier - an MEP for the French socialist party La France InsoumiseFrance Insoumise slammed the governments of Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron for having an inhuman policy towards refugees. She accused them of harassing them every day and trampling over their fundamental rights He said that the only way to prevent such tragedies in the Channel is to control our borders and that action must be taken and it is time to show humanity at our borders. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said that action must be taken and that there must be an end to the actions of the smugglers.