UK demands 'coordinated international effort' across Europe to deter people-smuggling after at least 27 people drowned in efforts to reach England
France and Britain agreed to step up efforts to thwart traffickers blamed for the surge in crossings across the English Channel.
Interior Minister Priti Patel told MPs on Thursday, "Yesterday was the moment that many of us have feared for many years," restating an offer to send British police and border officers to France after she held telephone talks with French counterpart Gerald Darmanin. "This requires a coordinated international effort, and I've been in constant contact with my counterparts from France, Poland, Austria, Belgium, Italy and Greece to name just a few because of the nature of the crisis, and the fact that we are seeing 80 million displaced people in the world."
After Wednesday's tragedy, France called for urgent talks among ministers from the European Union, but continent-wide cooperation on migration has been disrupted by Brexit.
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