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French PM Calls For UK Border Controls To Move From Calais To Kent
Topic Started: Oct 22 2016, 02:45 AM (58 Views)
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The Guardian: Alain Juppé calls for UK border to move from Calais to Kent

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France must push back its border with Britain from Calais to the Kent coast and stop managing refugees and migrants for the UK, Alain Juppé has told the Guardian.

Juppé, 71, the current favourite to become the next French president, said he wants a complete renegotiation of the Le Touquet accord, the deal between France and Britain that keeps border checks, and thousands of refugees and migrants, on the French side of the Channel.

“We can’t tolerate what is going on in Calais, the image is disastrous for our country and there are also extremely serious economic and security consequences for the people of Calais,” Juppé said in an interview in Paris with the Guardian and a handful of European newspapers.

“So the first thing is to denounce the Le Touquet accords. We cannot accept making the selection on French territory of people that Britain does or doesn’t want. It’s up to Britain to do that job.”

Juppé said he was not afraid of Britain’s strong opposition to changing the accord.

Asked whether the border should be pushed back to the English coast, he replied: “Of course. Don’t tell me that it’s difficult because the British don’t want it.

“If we entered international negotiations in that spirit, there would never be any negotiations. So the debate must be opened and a new accord obtained with Britain.”

He said France “must say no to a certain number of things” on the international stage, notably Le Touquet.

Under the bilateral treaty signed in 2003, British officials can check passports in France and vice versa, meaning the English border is effectively in France and migrants and refugees trying to reach the UK are stuck in a no-man’s land at makeshift camps in Calais and along France’s northern coast.

Juppé’s comments come as attention on the situation in Calais has increased in the run-up to the 2017 French presidential election. Under political pressure, in a few days France’s Socialist government will begin demolishing the main migrant and refugee camp in Calais, where thousands sleep rough, many trying to reach Britain by stowing away on trucks heading across the Channel.
-Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/20/alain-juppe-france-managing-migrants-uk-calais-kent-border
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