{"id":1067684,"date":"2021-11-30T09:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1067684"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:13:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:13:59","slug":"france-accuses-uk-of-running-a-quasi-modern-slavery-economy-for-illegal-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-accuses-uk-of-running-a-quasi-modern-slavery-economy-for-illegal-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"France Accuses UK of Running a \u2018Quasi-Modern Slavery\u2019 Economy for Illegal Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrance-accuses-uk-of-running-a-quasi-modern-slavery-economy-for-illegal-migrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1067684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1355454255-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A senior government official in France has accused the United Kingdom of operating an economic model in which illegal migrants are entered into a form of \u201cmodern slavery\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Europe Minister for France,&nbsp;Cl\u00e9ment Beaune said on Monday accused Britain of being less stringent in the face of the exploitation of workers, enabling human traffickers to take advantage of the economic desires of illegal migrants to reach the UK.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere is \u2014 let\u2019s say it \u2014 an economic model of, sometimes, quasi-modern slavery or at least of illegal work that is very strong,\u201d&nbsp;Beaune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franceinter.fr\/emissions\/l-invite-de-8h20-le-grand-entretien\/l-invite-de-8h20-le-grand-entretien-du-lundi-29-novembre-2021\">told<\/a> the FranceInter radio station in comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/clement-beaune-france-uk-quasi-modern-slavery-channel-migration-crisis\/\">translated<\/a> by <em>POLITICO<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking the British to change their framework,\u201d he continued, claiming that the exploitation of illegal migrants \u201cis more prevalent in the U.K. [than in France] because there are fewer checks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the British are not going back to a certain number of checks, on more humane, more compliant labour market regulation, this attraction will remain,\u201d Beaune added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Other figures in the French government have made similar accusations, including&nbsp; Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin, who said on Monday that migrants are&nbsp;\u201cattracted by England, especially the labour market which means you can work in England without any identification\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain must take its responsibility and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/france-uk-is-too-economically-attractive-for-illegal-migrants\/\">limit its economic attractiveness<\/a>,\u201d Darmanin demanded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.906976744186\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">France: Black Market Britain Is &#8216;Economically Attractive&#8217; Pull-Factor for Illegal Migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fXKCIWeNBi\">https:\/\/t.co\/fXKCIWeNBi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1465388842442268683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While it is difficult to know the real rate of worker exploitation in Britain compared to France given the clandestine nature of the black market, there have been warnings that modern slavery and the human trafficking of migrants into the UK are related.<\/p>\n<p>A report last year from the Centre for Social Justice think tank reported that there are an estimated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/07\/13\/estimated-100000-slaves-britain-10000-coronavirus-leicester-reports\/\">100,000 people working as slaves<\/a>&nbsp;in the UK, with an estimated 10,000 slaves in the multicultural fast fashion hub of Leicester, alone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CSJ-JC_Parallel-Societies-Leicester_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">study<\/a>&nbsp;found that migrants alongside other economically disadvantaged groups are the most likely to fall \u201cprey to unscrupulous traffickers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, French prosecutor Pascal Marconville claimed that illegal migrants attempt to mitigate the cost of crossing the English Channel through making labour pacts with human trafficking networks, paying off their debts as effective slaves in the UK for years after they land Britain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo lower the cost of their crossing, migrants can be employed in England by the criminal organisation with which they will be linked for years,\u201d he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/09\/21\/report-illegal-boat-migrants-sign-slave-labour-pact-traffickers-reach-uk\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s equivalent to the FBI, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/07\/12\/uk-police-ignored-modern-slavery-in-textile-sweatshops-over-fears-of-being-labled-racist\/\">said<\/a> of the modern slave trade that \u201cwithout permission to work legally, migrants can be exploited and forced into modern slavery or turn to crime to support themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage has long criticised the government for failing to tackle the scourge of the trafficking to modern slavery pipeline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/06\/29\/migrant-crisis-nigel-farage-challenges-home-secretary-priti-patel-to-come-to-the-border\/\">arguing<\/a> earlier this year that it demonstrates that the mostly young men arriving in rubber boats from France are in fact&nbsp;\u201ceconomic migrants, pursuing an economic dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have deserted their families from their home countries and many of them will finish up as slaves or working in crime in Britain. We should be ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8443113772455\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Report: UK Cops Ignored Modern Slavery in Textile Sweatshops, Feared Being Branded Racist <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Te9BNhVD57\">https:\/\/t.co\/Te9BNhVD57<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1282333844344053760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior government official in France has accused the United Kingdom of operating an economic model in which illegal migrants are entered into a form of \u201cmodern slavery\u201d. 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