Migrants. Gerald Darmanin calls on the British to “change”.

“Brits need to change“so that their country will be no more”land of attraction“migratory,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Monday in an interview The voice of the north published after the announcement of the Franco-British agreement against migrant trafficking.

“The British need to change so they don’t remain a country of attraction. They need to change their labor market rules first because you can work in the UK without documents“Judge Gerald Darman. “They want a normal relationship with the European Union, a deal that was never endorsed by Boris Johnson“Former Prime Minister of Great Britain.to determine the entry rules for foreigners“Adds the minister, asking London to create “legal channels of immigration“.

Strengthen cooperation with Belgium and the Netherlands

“Their absence favors moonlight and small boat crossings“These temporary ships transport migrants from the northern coast of France to the English coast,” he says.

Following the new cooperation agreement signed on Monday, he also emphasizes “strengthen work with the Belgians and the Dutchcoordinate the fight against migration trafficking. “A summit with our European partners and the British will take place in the coming weeks“, he declares.

He also welcomes Aan important step forward“In the signed contract.in terms of judicial cooperation, access to telephone data of smugglers and migrants when they are notified;“. “Until now, the British have refused to share information. The new minister seems to understand this better“, he notes.

The agreement calls for the British to pay France an envelope of 72.2 million euros in 2022-2023, which, according to Gérald Darmanin, is intended to “to finance the increase of one hundred gendarmes, in particular the reserve force, increasing the number of policemen and gendarmes stationed on the coasts from 800 to 900;“.

Four times the cost on the French side

“Since 2018, the British have funded an envelope of 200 million euros“and France”spent, at the same time, four times more“, he remembers.

Also asked about the article worldQuestioning the attitude of the French rescuers in the sinking that claimed the lives of 27 migrants on November 21, 2021, Gérald Darmanin states that the rescue coordination unit and the Maritime Prefecture “.are not part ofof his ministry.

“My bottom line remains the same: if these people were in our waters, there was clearly a need to intervene;“He adds, refusing to comment further on the ongoing judicial investigation of the case.”those horrible deaths“.