(AFP) France on Sunday urged Britain to help more with cracking down on people-smuggling gangs following a row between the two countries last week over an unprecedented boat accident in the Channel that cost 27 lives.
“We have to work with our British friends and tell them a few things,” French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters after a meeting of European ministers in charge of immigration in northern France.
“Firstly, help us fight people-smuggling better. We need intelligence. Responses to requests from the French police are not always given.”
He also reiterated criticism of the “attractiveness of England” including its labour market “which means you can work without having an identity document.”
