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A migrants makeshift campy is acceptable up on the stream successful Loon Plage, adjacent Grande-Synthe, bluish France, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Children and large women were among astatine slightest 27 migrants who died erstwhile their tiny vessel sank successful an attempted crossing of the English Channel, a French authorities authoritative said Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

CALAIS – France reacted with fury Friday to Britain's latest proposals for dealing with the deadly travel of migrants betwixt their shores arsenic the warfare of words betwixt the 2 countries implicit the unsafe crossings crossed the English Channel ramped up further.

In a nationalist missive to French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid retired a bid of proposals of however the 2 countries tin woody with the crisis, pursuing the sinking of a vessel connected Wednesday that saw 27 radical die.

The letter, which was made nationalist connected societal media, was deemed “unacceptable” by French authorities spokesperson Gabriel Attal. As a result, helium said Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel was nary longer invited astatine a European gathering connected Sunday to sermon the problem.

“We are sick of double-speak,” Attal said.

Among his recommendations, Johnson asked that France instrumentality backmost each migrants who transverse illegally from its shores to Britain.

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Attal dismissed the thought arsenic “clearly not what we request to lick this problem."

He said the missive “doesn't correspond astatine all” with discussions that Johnson and Macron had Wednesday aft the tragedy.

Johnson besides acceptable retired proposals for British borderline officials to statesman patrols connected the beaches of bluish France arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week — thing Paris has agelong resisted. He besides recommended associated oregon reciprocal maritime patrols successful each other’s territorial waters and airborne surveillance by manned flights and drones.

British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Johnson had made the proposals successful “good faith” and urged the French to reconsider their decision.

“I don’t deliberation determination is thing inflammatory to inquire for adjacent co-operation with our nearest neighbours,” helium told BBC radio. “The connection was made successful bully faith. I tin guarantee our French friends of that and I anticipation that they volition reconsider gathering up to sermon it.”

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The French determination marks a crisp deterioration successful relations betwixt the 2 countries which person for weeks go progressively strained by the migrant situation successful the Channel.

U.K. officials person criticized France for rejecting their connection of British constabulary and borderline officers to behaviour associated patrols on the transmission seashore with French police. French authorities accidental Britain is stoking the situation due to the fact that it is excessively casual for migrants to stay successful the state and enactment if they negociate to transverse the channel.

More than 23,000 radical person already entered the U.K. connected tiny boats this year, up from 8,500 past twelvemonth and conscionable 300 successful 2018, according to information compiled by Parliament.

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Pylas reported from London.

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