Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu hit out at failure from both the UK and France to reach an agreement on how best to prevent migrants from trying to cross the Channel in dangerous conditions. Dr Shola questioned Boris Johnson and Priti Patel for offering condolences to the families of 27 people who died trying to arrive in the UK, demanding an end to the antagonising language aimed at France in favour of finding a solution to save lives. Appearing on The Jeremy Vine on Five show, she said: “I am done with politicians like Boris Johnson and Priti Patel coming out with thoughts and sympathies for the families of those who died.
“The bottom line is British policy is turning back the boats. British policy is we don’t want them here. So when Boris Johnson is talking about cooperating with France, he’s not done an effective job in cooperating with France.
“And let’s not forget both France’s and Britain’s policy about immigration is driven by how some members of the public do not want migrants here even though a lot of those migrants who want to come into England, many of them are legitimate refugees.
“The majority of these refugees stop in other countries before…it’s only a minority that comes to us. And even a minority, we don’t want to help them.
“I want to help them but the whole language!”
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Dr Shola continued: “The problem is that we do not allow or provide a safe alternative, humanitarian routes.
“There’s some organisations, they are suggesting a proposal to the Government to provide humanitarian visas to expand the family reunification route so that those with families here can actually apply for them.
“We’re actually not doing the real practical things that can make it easier.
“What we’re doing, in the words of Priti Patel, is to turn back the boats.”
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Priti Patel said she would be having talks with her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin, who said Britain, Belgium, and Germany needed to do more to help France tackle the illegal migrants and human trafficking.
Mr Darmanin told RTL radio: “It’s an international problem.”
Mr Johnson on Thursday renewed offers to have joint British-French patrols of the northern French coast near Calais, from where Britain can be seen on a clear day and from where most migrants launch their bid to reach England’s shores.
Paris has previously resisted such calls while London has in the past threatened to cut financial support for France’s border policing if it fails to stem the flow.
The number of migrants attempting to cross the Channel, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, has jumped in recent months after the British and French governments clamped down on other forms of illegal entry, such as hiding in the backs of trucks crossing from ports in France.
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