Tory backbencher Jacob Young tweeted: ‘Ridiculous behaviour from the French government seeming to forget that two days ago 27 people died crossing the Channel. The decision sparked fury from British MPs. As a consequence, Priti Patel is not invited anymore to the meeting on Sunday.’ The summit with other European interior ministers will go ahead without the Home Secretary, whose aides had already travelled to Paris by Eurostar last night. The move – branded ‘le grand snub’ – has led to damning criticism in the UK with Macron and his ministers accused of ‘forgetting 27 people died two days ago’.Ī spokesman for Mr Darmanin, who yesterday accused Britain of ‘bad immigration management’ and enticing migrants with benefits and slack labour rules, said: ‘We consider Boris Johnson’s public letter unacceptable and in opposition with discussions between counterparts. It also comes amid another row between the UK and France over cross-Channel migration, with France today calling off talks with Downing Street – due to be held after 27 asylum seekers died in the Channel earlier this week – after Emmanuel Macron took offence to Boris Johnson’s public letter detailing a five-point plan to prevent another tragedy.įrance today called off talks with Britain over the deaths of 27 asylum seekers in a dinghy as Paris threw its toys out of the pram after Boris Johnson wrote to Emmanuel Macron with a five-point plan to prevent another tragedy in the Channel.įrench Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has cancelled a Sunday meeting with his UK counterpart Priti Patel following criticism by Mr Johnson on its handling of the crisis and the lax patrolling of beaches after gendarmes were seen doing nothing as migrants launched their boats. This morning’s Saint-Malo protest – which has since ended with the release of the Normandy Trader – and the shut down of Calais risks reigniting a dispute between Downing Street and the Elysée over a mutual licensing system for fishing vessels. French fishing unions have described the protests as a ‘warning shot’ to Britain.
The fishermen say the blockade is a protest at what they claim are moves by authorities in London and Jersey to withhold licences to fish in British waters under a post-Brexit deal.Īnd it could escalate even further later today, when French fisherman plan to blockade the Channel Tunnel.
It comes hours after French fishing boats encircled the British flag-bearing Normandy Trader outside Saint-Malo today in the latest escalation in the UK-France fishing row. P&O meanwhile says it has suspended all of its shipping movements in and out of the port until 1.30pm local time, while freight firm DFDS has warned of 75 minute delays. Militant French fishermen have shut down the Port of Calais today after reigniting the UK-France fishing row by blockading a British cargo vessel off the coast of Brittany.Īt least six French vessels can be seen erratically weaving around within the port today, forcing ferry and freight firms to suspend all sailings.Ī picture shows an Irish Ferries vessel docked in the port, but the firm have not reported any delays or cancellations to their services.
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