France lashes out at Britain's latest proposal on migrants
France is reacting angrily to Britain’s latest proposals for dealing with the deadly flow of migrants between their shores
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The angry response, delivered by government spokesman Gabriel Attal, came after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked that France take back all migrants who cross illegally from its shores to Britain. Johnson proposed the deal in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron
Attal dismissed the idea as “clearly not what we need to solve this problem."
He said the letter “doesn't correspond at all” with discussions that Johnson and Macron had Wednesday after 27 migrants died while attempting to cross the English Channel.
“We are sick of double-speak,” Attal.
Attal said France is withdrawing an invite for British Home Secretary Priti Patel to join a meeting of ministers on Sunday in Calais one of the French coastal towns where Britain-bound migrants gather before attempting to cross.