{"id":1083490,"date":"2021-12-04T10:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083490"},"modified":"2021-12-04T10:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:29:05","slug":"france-says-non-to-british-proposals-to-end-channel-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-says-non-to-british-proposals-to-end-channel-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"France Says &#039;Non&#039; to British Proposals to End Channel Migrant Crisis"},"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\">22<\/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-says-non-to-british-proposals-to-end-channel-migrant-crisis%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=1083490&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\/12\/GettyImages-1355666463-e1638529367288-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Prime Minister of France has rejected proposals from Boris Johnson which he hoped might end the ongoing channel migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister of France, Jean Castex, has rejected a number of proposals from Prime Minister Boris Johnson that aimed at solving the ongoing migrant crisis in the English Channel.<\/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>The proposals, which were first published online in an open letter, asked the French to consider allowing joint patrols between the two countries to occur within French territory, as well as an agreement to take back any migrants that crossed the Channel illegally \u2014 thus strongly disincentivising them from gathering in northern France to attempt to journeys in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by&nbsp;the&nbsp;AFP, however, both of these requests have been rejected in a response letter penned by Prime Minister Castex.<\/p>\n<p>Castex, who was appointed to his office by President Emmanuel Macron, claimed that his response letter was penned in good faith,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2021\/12\/02\/migrants-dans-la-manche-la-france-ne-veut-pas-de-patrouilles-conjointes-avec-le-royaume-uni_6104506_3210.html\">saying<\/a> that the French had chosen to accept some of the proposals presented by Johnson but reject others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot accept, for example, that British police or military patrol our shores,\u201d Castex wrote, claiming that \u201cOur sovereignty is at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 700 police officers and gendarmes survey the Opal Coast every day, to prevent makeshift boats from going to sea,\u201d Castex continued. \u201cHowever, these efforts only make it possible to contain the phenomenon, not to provide a lasting response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French have also rejected calls for the return of migrants who attempt to cross the English Channel to France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReturning migrants is not an option for us, it is not a serious or responsible way to approach the issue,\u201d&nbsp;they have insisted<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5609756097561\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French Lash Out over Migrant Crisis Letter, \u2018Priti Patel Is No Longer Invited\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/awsnafVdrR\">https:\/\/t.co\/awsnafVdrR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1464200610585227270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The initial online publication of Boris Johnson\u2019s letter last week caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/26\/french-lash-out-over-migrant-crisis-letter-priti-patel-is-no-longer-invited\/\">outrage<\/a> amongst French officials, the move being branded \u201cindigent in substance and totally out of place\u201d by one government spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t communicate from one leader to another on these subjects like this via tweets or by making letters public,\u201d said President Macron, claiming that he was ready to work with the British government \u201cwhen they decide to be serious about it\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Britain\u2019s Home Secretary, Priti Patel, was subsequently disinvited from a European conference on the migrant crisis over the diplomatic spat that ensued.<\/p>\n<p>Relations have not seemed to have improved much since, with it being alleged that Macron calls the British prime minister a \u201cclown\u201d in private, and refers to his administration as \u201cthe Johnson circus\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoJo talks to me at full speed, everything is going fine, we have discussions like big people, and then he gives us a hard time before or afterwards in an inelegant way. It\u2019s always the same circus.\u201d Macron is said to have sneered. \u201cIt is very sad to see a great country, with which we could do so much, led by a clown. Johnson has the attitude of a knucklehead.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Macron Privately Branded Boris a \u2018Clown\u2019 in Charge of a \u2018Circus\u2019: Reports <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZW6sXHUEO\">https:\/\/t.co\/aZW6sXHUEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1466727664291442691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More than 25,000 migrants have illegally made the crossing from France and the Low Countries to England in 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/22\/migrant-arrivals-around-triple-that-of-2020-majority-of-voters-think-tories-are-too-soft-on-crisis\/\">around triple<\/a> last year\u2019s number.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom has failed to manage the crisis, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/25\/boris-slams-french-government-for-failing-to-stop-migrant-boats-after-at-least-27-die-in-english-channel\/\">at least<\/a> 27 people dying last week while attempting to cross the Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some migrants who manage to successfully make the crossing have found themselves being bussed over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/23\/boat-migrants-being-bussed-500-miles-to-scotland-for-processing\/\">500 miles<\/a> away to Scotland, sometimes straight after landing on British shores, for their asylum claims to be processed.<\/p>\n<p>The French have largely blamed the British for the crisis, saying that Britain\u2019s black market is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/france-uk-is-too-economically-attractive-for-illegal-migrants\/\">pull factor<\/a> for illegal migrants \u2014 a criticism that British commentators such as Nigel Farage have partially agreed with.<\/p>\n<p>British government insiders have criticised how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/28\/macrons-snub-of-uks-request-to-stop-migrant-boats-will-cost-more-lives-british-govt-insiders-say\/\">sensitive<\/a> the French have been in regard to dealing with the subject.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is more people are going to die because of offence taken at a tweet and that is a sad situation to be in,\u201d one government source said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9354838709677\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French Minister: Migrants Threatened To Throw Babies into English Channel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zZguPR7TTc\">https:\/\/t.co\/zZguPR7TTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1465739150577991683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister of France has rejected proposals from Boris Johnson which he hoped might end the ongoing channel migrant crisis. 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