and doing the humanitarian work there. but nonetheless, we know that it s a europe wide problem. but he pointed out that all these people had come not from france, but they d been bused to the french coast from belgium some time in the small hours, and the boats in which they came had come from germany. well, i m very glad you mentioned so that, so we cen widen the debate, notjust look at the at the fraction between britain and france, but there s other european countries involved here. we have, after all, in europe, the dublin regime by which refugees or migrants who come to a european country have to first at the point of arrival apply for asylum laws in that country. so belgium here, i think, is a country which has been largely overlooked. they have pushed the bucket on to france and allowed all these a majority of these refugees who arrived in their countries to begin with to continue to migrate into france. so i think it s essential that when tomorrow, four countries
countries involved here. we have, after all, in europe, the dublin regime by which refugees or migrants who come to a european country have to first at the point of arrival apply for asylum laws in that country. so belgium here, i think, is a country which has been largely overlooked. they have pushed the bucket on to france and allowed a majority of these refugees who arrived in their countries to begin with, to continue to migrate into france. so i think it s essential that when tomorrow four countries, belgium, france, germany and the european union, brussels organisation, will be meeting in calais to discuss the situation along the channel, will at least admit that belgium and other countries have a role to play here.
but nonetheless, we know that it s a europe wide problem. but he pointed out that all these people had come not from france, but they d been bussed to the french coast from belgium some time in the small hours, and the boats in which they came had come from germany. well, i m very glad you mentioned so that we can widen the debate, not just look at the at the fraction between britain and france, but there s other european countries involved here. we have, afterall, in europe, the dublin regime by which refugees or migrants who come to a european country have to first at the point of arrival apply for asylum laws in that country. so belgium here, i think, is a country which has been largely overlooked. they have pushed the bucket on to france and allowed a majority of these refugees who arrived in their countries to begin with, to continue to migrate into france. so i think it s essential that when tomorrow four countries, belgium, france, germany and the european union, brussels
the dublin regime by which refugees or migrants who come to a european country have to first at the point of arrival apply for asylum laws in that country. so belgium here, i think, is a country which has been largely overlooked. they have pushed the bucket on to france and allowed a majority of these refugees who arrived in their countries to begin with, to continue to migrate into france. so i think it s essential that when tomorrow four countries, belgium, france, germany and the european union, brussels organisation, will be meeting in calais to discuss the situation along the channel, will at least admit that belgium and other countries have a role to play here. germany also, of course, which provides the dinghies and so forth, will have to cut that down. but it s basically open to all adjacent countries around france to ask themselves, do we not have a right, or an obligation rather, to allow those who arrive in our country to apply for asylum and not