(BBC) An official appointed to prevent migrants crossing the English Channel says an offer to put UK officers on French beaches “remains on the table.”
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday it “cannot accept” the presence of UK police or soldiers.
However, Clandestine Channel Threat Commander Dan O’Mahoney said the offer stood, because his priority was to save the lives of “terrified” migrants.
He said he was “hit really hard” by the deaths of 27 people last month.
France formally rejected Boris Johnson’s call for the UK authorities to conduct joint patrols on the beaches around Calais to deter migrants crossing the Channel because it would “compromise the nation’s sovereignty.”
