Cancelled UK-France Deal & Brexiteers Slam Interference
Costly agreement has seemingly been terminated.
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UK-France Deal Cancelled
It must be said that the recent deals done between Britain and France seem to have been a complete waste of time.
They comprise of the UK handing over large amounts of money to stop illegal migration and the end result being ever-growing numbers of crossings.
Last year a joint statement was put out by then-Home Secretary Priti Patel and the French Government that read:
'Tonight, the Home Secretary spoke to her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin to discuss the problem of small boats crossing the Channel and the operational response to it.
“Both the Home Secretary and Interior Minister agreed to strengthen operational cooperation further. More must be done to stop the dangerous crossings.
“They agreed to accelerate the delivery of the commitments made in the joint agreement of July 2021 to deliver on their joint determination to prevent 100 per cent of crossings and make this deadly route unviable.”
Far from becoming unviable or stopping anywhere near 100% of crossings, 2022 has already seen a record 32,000+ people cross from France to England on small boats.
In that context then the latest French plan that, you guessed it, involved British taxpayers forking out even more money really does takes the biscuit.
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