Europe 1 with AFP 10:18 p.m., November 25, 2021

In the aftermath of a shipwreck in the English Channel which saw 27 people lose their lives, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Emmanuel Macron to take back migrants arriving illegally in England from France.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on French President Emmanuel Macron to take back migrants arriving in England from France, in the aftermath of a shipwreck in the English Channel that saw 27 people lose their lives.

"I propose that we put in place a bilateral readmission agreement to allow the return of all illegal migrants crossing the Channel," detailed the British leader in a letter to his counterpart, posted on Twitter.