FRENCH authorities have been accused of constructing a mockery of the “one-in, one-out” migrant deal after letting an unsafe dinghy attain UK waters.
A search-and-rescue ship was deployed close to Calais on Thursday after a small boat was detected to be in misery.
French rescuers recovered 15 migrants however let the remaining stick with it towards Britain.
The RNLI picked up the others.
It got here two days after the brand new migrant swaps cope with Paris started.
Shadow Dwelling Secretary Chris Philp mentioned: “The French shouldn’t be permitting a badly broken boat to proceed on its journey – that is extremely harmful.
“It’s extremely irresponsible for French authorities to permit these harmful boats to cross.
“This makes a mockery of the migrant deal introduced final week.
“If the French had been severe about ending this harmful and unlawful route they might be stopping these boats at sea.”
France’s maritime prefect of the Channel insists their authorities can’t drive migrants to be rescued because of the threat of them falling overboard if their dinghy capsizes.
Chris Philp added: “Labour’s cope with France will enable 94 per cent of unlawful arrivals to remain within the UK. Earlier this week, I went to the Channel to see for myself if the deal was deterring any crossings. It wasn’t.
“We discovered two boats stuffed with unlawful immigrants in half an hour they usually had been escorted to UK waters by the French.”
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