- Jul 10, 2003
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Curtailing the activities of the criminal smuggling gangs (who are the ones responsible for smuggling) operating on French territory that is within French jurisdiction must primarily be the remit of French law enforcement and up to the French legal system to dispense punishment. Your continued insistence that it must be the UK government who must resolve criminal activity by criminal gangs in France is plain daft.
What do you want the UK to do to the criminal smuggling gangs in France? Go over to French soil and arrest the traffickers and drag them to the French courts?
Well, I guess that if your concern is really around trying to stop International smuggling gangs (that smuggle refugees across international borders) then you wouldn't be very happy with anyone who voted for this
As does everyone. Unfortunately, all indications are that the problem is actually getting worse and I can't see what that solution would be
Has Brexit made dealing with illegal migration more difficult?
A record number of migrants have crossed the English channel from France this year, despite UK immigration policy no longer being tied to EU rules. Ministers have acknowledged the situation is a crisis, with the Home Secretary repeatedly vowing to make small boat crossings "unviable" - but little progress has been made.
Having pledged to "take back control" of the UK's borders post-Brexit, ministers now acknowledge the ability to deal with aspects of illegal migration has been hampered by the loss of certain arrangements that came with EU membership. So far in 2021 more than 25,700 people have completed the perilous journey across the Dover Strait, the busiest shipping lane in the world - three times the total for 2020.Of these people who have made it to UK shores, a government minister revealed last week just five people had been returned to Europe.
Following Brexit, the UK lost it's seat on the management board for Europol - the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation - and British officers can no longer interrogate the Europol database. This will impact the UK’s efforts to dismantle immigrant smuggling networks.
https://news.sky.com/story/has-brexit-made-the-uk-more-attractive-for-illegal-migration-12477985
Is it that time already ?