UK to urge France to crack down on migrant crossings

[Gerald]

The UK will press French authorities to crack down on migrants attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, ministers have pledged.

A record number of unaccompanied children arrived in the UK on Friday.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb said the government was also considering how to use "maritime assets" in order to prevent crossings.

And, writing in the Daily Telegraph, Immigration Minister Chris Philp said migrants should be fingerprinted.

However, it is unclear what the proposal will amount to, as the fingerprints of asylum seekers are already stored under the European Eurodac system.

Mr Philp said migrants would know "they face real consequences if they try to cross again", and added he would "negotiate hard" with French officials about how to deal with the crossings.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53704809

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53699511

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-53678928


This seems to be a big problem. How are the conditions more concrete when the UK is not in the EU?

[Jimbuna]

However, under a long-standing EU deal, called "Dublin III", the UK has the right to send back anyone who is seeking asylum if they could have reasonably claimed it in another country along the way.

That arrangement will cease at the end of the Brexit transition period - next January - unless the UK and the EU agree a similar deal.

[Gerald]

Thanks! Very concretely, I thank you most humbly for the time you put into drawing my attention to the fact that the answer was to be found in the thread.

[Jimbuna]

Simple really, all you have to do is actually read before you post.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Simple really, all you have to do is actually read before you post.

I do realize the fact! Even I have weaknesses.

[Reece]

Surely you jest Vendor!