november that 27 people tragically lost their lives trying to cross the channel and that there was a political bust up between the uk and france. priti patel was uninvited from a ministerial meeting. boris johnson has talked about trying to forge some sort of returns agreement with the eu, a mutual policy fell away after brexit. but france has previously accused the uk have not really being serious to try to solve this issue. french authorities so far haven t commented on these latest developments but people here seem pretty nonplussed in some of the charity workers, they seen outrage. the charity workers, they seen outraae. . ~ the charity workers, they seen outraae. ., ,, i. , the charity workers, they seen outraae. . ~ , . outrage. thank you very much indeed, jessica parker outrage. thank you very much indeed, jessica parker in outrage. thank you very much indeed, jessica parker in dunkirk. and simonjones in dover, what s the reaction there, on this side of the channel, where s
the incredible work they do dealing with this problem as things stand. it is clear that they are extremely limited circumstances when you can safely do this in the english channel. and it doesn t help this approach, i don t think, be supported by our french partners. i have got to say to you, relying solely on this course of action is simply not practical in my view. of course, there are others he would say we should just negotiate a deal with france and the eu. we have made repeated and generous offers to our french friends, and we will continue to press them and the eu for the comprehensive returns agreement that would solve this problem. we remain grateful for the joint intelligence work and the cooperation that has stopped thousands of boats. we would like to deepen that work and we continue to believe that a deal with
who reach the uk by crossing the english channel in small boats. it s one of a series proposals he set out in a letter to president macron last night, to avoid a repeat of wednesday s tragedy where 27 people died. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. this is france s north coast, the place from where thousands have set off for the uk shows in recent months. this week, that had tragic consequences. the death of at least 27 people in the channel on wednesday hasn t stopped them or making the dangerous journey. there were boats arriving in kent again yesterday, but in london and paris, politicians have pledged to step up their efforts to try to stop the crossings in future. last night, the prime minister wrote to france s president with proposals. boris johnson once our returns agreement, which would allow illegal migrants to be sent back to france quickly. the government believes that would