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Don't forget that now the UK is a third country, the interests of France no longer align with those of the UK. Yes, we can give them money to try and stop the smuggling and they will probably try and help:
Police prevented more than 600 people from crossing the Channel from France to the UK over the weekend, according to French officials. Meanwhile, hundreds of migrants and refugees arrived in southern England via the Channel.
French police released a statement on Tuesday, April 19, saying that they had prevented more than 600 people from crossing without documents into the United Kingdom via the Channel. They said that they detained 11 people smugglers and seized boats and equipment.
French rescue services reportedly also saved 72 migrants from boats in distress, returning them to France on Friday night.
but always rember their strategic interests no longer align with ours especially as we are deliberately trying to stoke the anger of the Daily Express/Mail readers by not allowing legal asylum routes, delaying claim processing and refusing a France-based processing centre.
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Don't forget that now the UK is a third country, the interests of France no longer align with those of the UK. Yes, we can give them money to try and stop the smuggling and they will probably try and help:
but always rember their strategic interests no longer align with ours especially as we are deliberately trying to stoke the anger of the Daily Express/Mail readers by not allowing legal asylum routes, delaying claim processing and refusing a France-based processing centre.
I am sure you have seen the videos that show French Police just watching?
This vid falls after the 2021 agreement
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Lets be real, The French are glad to see as many of them go as possible. They want em out of their country as much as some of us do not want em in ours
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