The new funding for 2023 is double the previous year’s package which rose to 70 million dollars. Under the deal, the UK will also help finance the acquisition of the first facility in France.
Saturday March 11, 2023 9:14 am
The president of France and the British prime minister agreed on Friday to control illegal immigration and deporting people from France through increased funding for the next three years in the UK.
The head of state of France Emmanuel Macron this Friday celebrated a “new beginning” in the relationship between France and the United Kingdom, at the end of the summit with the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Rishi Sunak, with migration and Ukraine on the agenda. .
“It is a moment of reunions, reconnection and a new beginning,” Macron said in a joint interview with Sunak at the Élysée Palace in Paris, after confirming that despite Brexit, the geography and history of both countries will not change. .
From the European Union (EU) to the pandemic departure from the European Union in the Asia-Pacific region, through a rough process, many crises have interrupted the annual summits between the historical partners.
The arrival of thousands of irregular migrants on English shores from northern France (45,000 in 2022) has also been a source of tension on both sides of the English Channel, particularly during Boris Johnson’s tenure in London.
After the summit, the British government announced that it would increase its funding to France over the next three years to fight illegal migration, investing up to 541 million euros ($575 million) in total.
“Emmanuel and I share the same opinion: criminal gangs should not decide who comes to our countries,” said Sunak, who has been targeted by human rights groups in support of asylum.
The new funding for 2023 is double the previous year’s package which rose to 70 million dollars. Under the deal, the UK will also help finance the acquisition of the first facility in France.
The first Franco-British summit since 2018 was held before King Charles III’s state visit to France, where he will make his first pilgrimage at the end of the month, another sign of British rapprochement with its ally.
On Friday, the French president and British prime minister agreed to curb illegal immigration and human trafficking from France, with increased funding from Britain over the next three years.
The head of state of France Emmanuel Macron this Friday celebrated a “new beginning” in the relationship between France and the United Kingdom, at the end of the summit with the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Rishi Sunak, with migration and Ukraine on the agenda. .
“It is a moment of reunions, reconnection and a new beginning,” Macron said in a joint interview with Sunak at the Élysée Palace in Paris, after confirming that despite Brexit, the geography and history of both countries will not change. .
From the European Union (EU) to the pandemic departure from the European Union in the Asia-Pacific region, through a rough process, many crises have interrupted the annual summits between the historical partners.
The arrival of thousands of irregular migrants on English shores from northern France (45,000 in 2022) has also been a source of tension on both sides of the English Channel, particularly during Boris Johnson’s tenure in London.
After the summit, the British government announced that it would increase its funding to France over the next three years to fight illegal migration, investing up to 541 million euros ($575 million) in total.
“Emmanuel and I share the same opinion: criminal gangs should not decide who comes to our countries,” said Sunak, who has been targeted by human rights groups in support of asylum.
The new funding for 2023 is double the previous year’s package which rose to 70 million dollars. Under the deal, the UK will also help finance the acquisition of the first facility in France.
The first Franco-British summit since 2018 was held before King Charles III’s state visit to France, where he will make his first pilgrimage at the end of the month, another sign of British rapprochement with its ally.
The president of France and the British prime minister agreed on Friday to control illegal immigration and deporting people from France through increased funding for the next three years in the UK.
The head of state of France Emmanuel Macron this Friday celebrated a “new beginning” in the relationship between France and the United Kingdom, at the end of the summit with the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Rishi Sunak, with migration and Ukraine on the agenda. .
“It is a moment of reunions, reconnection and a new beginning,” Macron said in a joint interview with Sunak at the Élysée Palace in Paris, after confirming that despite Brexit, the geography and history of both countries will not change. .
From the European Union (EU) to the pandemic departure from the European Union in the Asia-Pacific region, through a rough process, many crises have interrupted the annual summits between the historical partners.
The arrival of thousands of irregular migrants on English shores from northern France (45,000 in 2022) has also been a source of tension on both sides of the English Channel, particularly during Boris Johnson’s tenure in London.
After the summit, the British government announced that it would increase its funding to France over the next three years to fight illegal migration, investing up to 541 million euros ($575 million) in total.
“Emmanuel and I share the same opinion: criminal gangs should not decide who comes to our countries,” said Sunak, who has been targeted by human rights groups in support of asylum.
The new funding for 2023 is double the previous year’s package which rose to 70 million dollars. Under the deal, the UK will also help finance the acquisition of the first facility in France.
The first Franco-British summit since 2018 was held before King Charles III’s state visit to France, where he will make his first pilgrimage at the end of the month, another sign of British rapprochement with its ally.
