Jean Castex said Thursday that France could not accept that “British police or military patrol our coasts;

it is our sovereignty ”.

This proposal was made by Boris Johnson during a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on November 25, the day after a shipwreck in the Channel that left 27 dead.

This idea of ​​"joint patrols" on French soil would aim to prevent the departure of migrants to Great Britain.

“We have always agreed to look and discuss in good faith UK proposals for enhanced cooperation.

We have accepted some, we have declined others ”, justified the French Prime Minister in a letter addressed to his British counterpart.

"Returning migrants is not an option" for Matignon

This joint patrol proposal was also included in a letter from Boris Johnson to Emmanuel Macron, the publication of which by the British government ulcerated Paris and caused a new crisis between the two countries.

In his letter Boris Johnson also proposed to France "a bilateral readmission agreement to allow the return of all illegal migrants crossing the Channel".

“Returning migrants is not an option for us, it is not a serious or responsible way to approach the issue,” a source told Matignon on condition of anonymity.

Jean Castex calls for a lasting response

“More than 700 police officers and gendarmes survey the Côte d'Opale (north) every day, to prevent makeshift boats from setting out to sea” towards England, indicates Jean Castex in his letter.

"Some of these operations are carried out with the financial contribution of your government, in accordance with our cooperation agreements," he recalls.

"However, these efforts only make it possible to contain the phenomenon, not to provide a lasting response," said the French Prime Minister, calling on Great Britain to conduct "a more effective return policy" and to open "avenues of legal immigration to those who have legitimate reasons for wanting to go ”to this country.

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