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WORLD NEWS Friday 5 January 2024
French report says the UK isn't cooperating enough to curb

migrant crossings across the Channel

By SYLVIE CORBET but researchers from the Pew
Associated Press Research Center estimated
PARIS (AP) — The United their numbers in 2017 to be
Kingdom is not sufficiently between 300,000 and 400,000,
coordinating with France in in a country of 67 million in-
efforts to reduce the number habitants. This is about three
of migrants crossing the Eng- times fewer migrants with no
lish Channel in small boats, legal status than in the U.K.
according to a French report and Germany.
that points to the "uncertain The Court of Account's report
effectiveness" of illegal migra- assessed a series of other is-
tion policies. sues related to illegal immi-
France is "struggling to devel- gration policies, which were
op operational cooperation subject to 133 changes in law
arrangements" with the U.K., in the past decade.
according to the report pub- It pointed to the difficulty
lished Thursday by France's of implementing orders to
Court of Accounts, a body leave the national territory,
in charge of auditing the use despite France carrying out
of public funds, independent the most deportations in the
from the government and European Union. Over 150,000
parliament. People thought to be migrants who undertook the crossing from France in small boats and were such decisions were made
The report refers in particular picked up in the Channel, arrive to be disembarked from a small transfer boat which ferried them in 2022 and only 10% of the
to a joint intelligence unit cre- from a larger British border force vessel that didn't come into the port, in Dover, south east England, concerned people actually
ated in 2020 to fight human Friday, June 17, 2022. left, it said.
smuggling and reduce the Associated Press Amid recent debate over an
number of people risking their immigration bill that focused
lives to cross the Channel. Thursday that the report "is estimated that crossings of The Home Office said that largely on how to speed up
In 2022, it helped dismantle based on out-of-date infor- the English Channel by boat another 26,000 "of these dan- the deportation process, the
seven people-smuggling mation and does not ac- increased by at least 58% be- gerous, illegal and unneces- report said that "international
networks. curately reflect our current tween 2021 and 2022, a year sary crossing attempts were comparisons suggest that a
The court "found that the working relationship, includ- that saw over 45,000 migrants prevented in 2023 thanks to change of scale is not realis-
British don't provide usable ing intelligence sharing, with arrive on British shores. our partnership with France." tic" regarding such policies.
information on the departures France." The report said 56% of cross- France in recent years has U.K. authorities sent back
of small boats, and give very "In the last two years, we ing attempts were prevented stepped up efforts to prevent about 3,500 people to their
general, first-level information have taken more robust that same year — unchanged migrants from crossing the home country and Germa-
that has not been counter- action alongside them to from the year before. Channel, including through ny sent back about 13,000
checked." crack down on vile people- British Prime Minister Rishi Su- more police, equipment people in 2022, according
Information on the circum- smuggling gangs and stop nak has pledged to stop peo- and facilities. The country to statistics gathered by the
stances in which migrants the boats," it said in a state- ple making the dangerous received 222 million euros French Interior Ministry.
arrive and their nationalities ment. "We continue to work journey across a busy shipping ($243 million) from the U.K. Reasons listed in the report
"appears to be very patchy," closely with French partners lane. The British government from 2018 to 2022 as part of include French authorities' dif-
the report said. "The relation- at all levels, helping to drive announced this week that the a bilateral agreement, and ficulty to prove the identity of
ship between France and the forward improvements in the number of migrants crossing Sunak in March promised 480 the concerned migrants, re-
UK is therefore unbalanced prevention of crossing at- fell by more than a third in million pounds ($609 million luctance from home countries
in terms of information and tempts, both on the beaches 2023, to just over 29,000 — or 556 million euros) for the to issue authorization to let
intelligence exchange." and long before they reach though whether government 2023-2026 period. them in and refusal by com-
Britain' rejected the claims. them. action or bad weather is the The number of people living mercial airlines and plane pi-
The U.K. Home Office said The U.K. Defense Ministry reason is debated. illegally in France is unknown, lots to take them onboard.q

Neo-Nazi podcasters sent to prison on terror charges

for targeting Prince Harry and his young son

By BRIAN MELLEY nistic views and encouraged the Duke of Sussex should be
Associated Press listeners of their "Lone Wolf "prosecuted and judicially
LONDON (AP) — A neo-Nazi Radio" podcast to commit killed for treason" and called
podcaster who called for the violent acts against ethnic Harry's son, Archie, who is now
deaths of Prince Harry and his minorities, authorities said. 4, a "creature" that "should
young son received a prison Using aliases on their show, be put down."
sentence Thursday along with the pair said "the white race Gibbons, 40, was sentenced
his co-host Thursday. The sen- was likely to be 'genocided' to eight years in prison, the This photo combination provided by the Metropolitan Police
tencing judge in London called unless steps were taken to Metropolitan Police said. on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 shows Christopher Gibbons, left and
the duo "dedicated and un- fight back." They approved Patten-Walsh, 34, was given Tyrone Patten-Walsh. Associated Press
apologetic white supremacists" of a day when so-called race a 7-year term. Both will be
who encouraged terrorism. traitors would be hanged, par- on the equivalent of proba- dominated by white people Asians, to Jews and Muslims,
Christopher Gibbons and Ty- ticularly those in interracial tion for three years after their purely for white people. Your to gays, to white liberals and
rone Patten-Walsh espoused relationships. Prince Harry's release. distorted thinking is that the to white people in mixed-race
racist, antisemitic, Islamopho- wife, Meghan, is biracial. "The evidence demonstrates white race has ceded too relationships," Judge Peter
bic, homophobic and misogy- On one episode, Gibbons said that you desire to live in a world much influence to Blacks and Lodder said.q