Immigration: the British Navy now responsible for controlling the Channel – Le Figaro

The British government on Thursday entrusted the control of illegal crossings of the Channel to the Navy, the Royal Navy, in place of the coastguards, and will build new reception centers dedicated to illegal immigrants arriving on the English coast. Read alsoImmigration: can we revise the Constitution by referendum, as Marine Le Pen asserts? “As of today, the Royal Navy will take operational command in the Channel from the Border Force, (…) with the objective that no boat arrives in the United Kingdom undetected” , Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during a speech in the south of England, near the English coast. Reduction in the number of illegal crossings For this, 50 million pounds (60 million euros) will be released in new equipment and human resources, with helicopters, planes and drones. “It will send a clear message to those who drive the boats: if you risk the lives of others in the Channel, you risk spending your own life in prison,” he said. Centers dedicated to illegal immigrants, of the type of those opened in Greece, will be opened and will replace the accommodation at the current hotel. He estimated that the agreement announced with Rwanda to send migrants who arrived illegally on British territory there could concern “tens of thousands” of people. Read alsoTurkey: increase in the departure of illegal migrants to Europe He has also indicated that he is abandoning his plan to repel boats entering British waters, a controversial measure aimed at reducing the number of illegal crossings which tripled last year .