france and uk over how to handle migrant crossings is escalating. french president emmanuel macron has accused the british form of not taking the situation seriously after boris johnson posted a letter he wrote to macron on twitter. cnn s jim bittermann joins me from paris. jim, despite all of the accusations and finger pointing here, the two countries do need to make up and come back to the table, to solve this very real problem? reporter: absolutely, kim, the asylum seekers, the refugees are caught up in the middle here. they re being used as kind of pawns in the political battle back and forth between great britain and france. sand emmanuel macron and boris johnson have had a number of issues over this past few months here, including the submarine deal and the fishing rights and that sort of thing. and this is another issue which they draw sorts, which is an issue on both sides. i ll give you an example of what
"This is an unprecedented new low, in terms of how to proceed and also in terms of truth and trust," said Jean-Pierre Thebault, French ambassador to Australia.