On the move in London, Emmanuel Macron denounced the absence of a post-Brexit migration agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union, which he deems responsible for the increase in clandestine crossings of the English Channel. Alongside the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the French president announced a pilot project for the exchange of exiles.
On a visit to London, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron spoke about the migration crisis. He deplores a “incentive“To cross the Channel from Brexit in 2020, insofar as it no longer exists”No migratory agreement with the European Union” Since.
“It does not exist for the candidates for the crossing, neither alternative legal admission, nor readmission system at the end of a crossing, and the current situation in reality creates an incentive to carry out the crossing“said Macron, at a common press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who concluded his three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
Since January 2025, more than 21,000 people have crossed the Channel to reach England. A record.
The meeting between the two men allowed them to announce a pilot project on the exchange of exiled people. In other words: a migrant arrived in France would be returned to France small boatagainst another migrant who could come to the United Kingdom via a legal path, if he has links with this country.