{"id":1267651,"date":"2022-02-03T09:08:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1267651"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:08:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:08:42","slug":"migrant-crisis-macron-says-british-responsible-for-those-who-die-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/migrant-crisis-macron-says-british-responsible-for-those-who-die-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant Crisis: Macron Says British Responsible &#039;for those who Die at Sea&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fmigrant-crisis-macron-says-british-responsible-for-those-who-die-at-sea%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=1267651&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:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1237977061-e1643800951715-640x335.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">French President Emmanuel Macron has claimed that the British government are the ones at fault for migrant deaths in the English Channel.<\/p>\n<p>The British, not the French, are morally responsible for the migrant deaths occurring in the English Channel, French President Emmanuel Macron has claimed.<\/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>Echoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/france-uk-is-too-economically-attractive-for-illegal-migrants\/\">previous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/30\/france-uk-of-running-a-modern-slavery-economy-for-illegal-migrants\/\">criticisms<\/a> from French politicians, Macron has said that the UK\u2019s reliance on illegal migrant labour needs to end, and that routes for legal migration need to be opened up to stop the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to French regional paper&nbsp;<em>La Voix Du Nord<\/em>, Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavoixdunord.fr\/1135206\/article\/2022-02-01\/exclusif-emmanuel-macron-annonce-200-meu-pour-le-bassin-minier-et-4-000-emplois\">emphasised<\/a> the role of the British government in the ongoing crisis, while appearing to play down any French influence regarding the deaths of migrants in the Channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hostages to an absurd and inhuman situation,\u201d&nbsp;Macron \u2014 who is facing a contentious presidential election in April \u2014 told the paper. \u201cThe moral responsibility for those who perish at sea does not lie with France, but with this British refusal to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe British continue to have a 1980s system that manages economic immigration hypocritically: there is no legal route to immigration and they accept underpaid illegal immigration,\u201d Macron also said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe British must articulate needs in terms of economy and reopen a path to legal asylum,\u201d the incumbent president claimed. \u201cWe will increase the pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Macron repeatedly emphasised the European Union\u2019s role in solving the crisis, as opposed to the role of French officials in isolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must re-engage in a dialogue of truth with the British, in conjunction with the EU,\u201d President Macron said. \u201cBecause it is the fruit of immigration across the borders of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pressure must come from Europe as part of a broader agenda,\u201d he continued, before emphasising that the bloc needed to do more work in collectively securing its external borders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The UK\u2019s Home Secretary, Priti Patel, however, has rejected Macron\u2019s assertions that UK immigration policy is encouraging the crossings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMacron\u2019s comments are wrong. They\u2019re absolutely wrong,\u201d&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em> reports Patel as saying, making reference to the cooperation Britain has with&nbsp;France \u201cto combat the dangerous and unnecessary crossings, dealing with illegal migration, but also working with like-minded partners across Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Patel\u2019s comments, however, did nothing to address the accusations made against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/01\/19\/uk-deported-4000-fewer-foreign-criminals-in-2020-despite-priti-patels-promises-to-get-tough\/\">very poor state of immigration enforcement<\/a> in Britain and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/30\/france-uk-of-running-a-modern-slavery-economy-for-illegal-migrants\/\">thriving black market for labour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Six Times as Many Migrants Land on English Soil in January than Last Year <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6XHetGZgN1\">https:\/\/t.co\/6XHetGZgN1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1488560526405738496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The illegal crossing of migrants from the coast of France to England has evolved to become a full-scale crisis, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/21\/migrant-coverup-uk-home-office-to-stop-publishing-daily-illegal-migrant-figures\/\">over 28,000<\/a> migrants making the voyage last year alone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, France\u2019s role in stemming the flow of those crossing has repeatedly served as a bone of contention between the French and British administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s government responded with indignation after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/26\/french-lash-out-over-migrant-crisis-letter-priti-patel-is-no-longer-invited\/\">open letter<\/a> to President Macron last year.<\/p>\n<p>The letter \u2014 which was posted to social media \u2014 requested the French agree to a number of measures to address the crisis, including allowing the UK to return France migrants who cross the channel.<\/p>\n<p>French officials did not take kindly to this suggestion<\/p>\n<p>In response to the publication of the document, the British Home Secretary, Priti Patel, was disinvited from scheduled talks on the crisis by French officials, with the president telling Johnson that he needed to get \u201cserious\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only answer [to the crisis] is a serious cooperation\u2026I am surprised by the methods when they\u2019re not serious,\u201d Macron said regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The French president also took jabs at the fact that Johnson posted the open letter on social media, reprimanding Johnson for the action.<\/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 the president continued.<\/p>\n<p>Senior members of the French government have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/france-uk-is-too-economically-attractive-for-illegal-migrants\/\">previously lambasted<\/a> the UK for its treatment of illegals on British soil, with&nbsp;French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin saying that the country is too economically attractive for would-be migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain must take its responsibility and limit its economic attractiveness,\u201d Darmanin said, claiming that the Channel Crisis was a result of migrants being \u201cattracted by England, especially the labour market which means you can work in England without any identification\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another senior official meanwhile compared the UK\u2019s economic model to a form of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/30\/france-uk-of-running-a-modern-slavery-economy-for-illegal-migrants\/\">modern slavery<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\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 said&nbsp;Cl\u00e9ment Beaune, who serves as&nbsp;Secretary of State for European affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Beaune also reiterated Darmanin\u2019s claim that the UK\u2019s lax rules regarding work were enabling the migrant crisis.<\/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 the French secretary said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 1,000 Boat Migrants Land in Britain This Month, FIVE Times More Than Last Year<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OIfCKuuuhk\">https:\/\/t.co\/OIfCKuuuhk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1486022675864723458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has claimed that the British government are the ones at fault for migrant deaths in the English Channel. 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