(Politico) The French interior ministry said a mooted decision in the U.K. to pay France only if more migrants are stopped from crossing the Channel would represent “a grave loss of trust” between the two countries.
“The conditions of the funding were negotiated in detail with the British and it was never question of conditioning the money to specific targets,” it said in a statement. “That approach would translate into a serious loss of trust in our cooperation.”
British Home Secretary Priti Patel reportedly told MPs she would cut funding for French operations if more migrants weren’t stopped.
