• CAVOK@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Brexit

    To be fair to the French, they do try to stop the boats. For example: https://www.thelocal.fr/20230902/tighter-french-coast-patrols-in-place-to-stop-channel-migrants

    However what went missing after Brexit was the Dublin convention where migrants could be turned back to the first EU country they entered, in this case France.

    I think the government tried to negotiate a returns agreement with the french who basically just said “Non!” and that was it. There is a deal where the UK pays France to patrol their coastline and stop migrants however. I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong about this last part.