Four migrants died on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday December 14 in the English Channel, while trying to reach the United Kingdom. Their inflatable boat overturned. More than 40 others were rescued by the French navy, coastguards and British fishermen. This tragedy comes in full political will, on the part of London, to tighten its immigration policy.
With our correspondent in London, Emeline Wine
” We fear days like today “, declared the Minister of the Interior in Parliament this Wednesday, expressing her ” deep sadness after the death of four people at sea.
But Suella Braverman took the opportunity to put forward her policy – restricting the right to asylum in order to deter Channel crossings. ” This tragedy is a sad reminder of the importance of our work against smugglers “, underlined the minister.
Other Tory MPs have called on her to speed up the establishment of the partnership with Rwanda, a plan to relocate the asylum system for the time being suspended by court.
For the opposition and part of the NGOs, it is precisely the very strict approach of the government which is responsible for the sinking of Wednesday.
The spokeswoman for the Labor Party calls for the establishment of more “ legal means so that asylum seekers no longer have to take risks to reach the UK.
The tragedy comes just over a year after the death of 27 people in the sinking of their boat in the English Channel, and while the number of crossings has never been so high: 45,000 in 2022, including more than 500 last weekend, the coldest days for two years.
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