France Won’t Accept U.K. ‘Blackmail’ Over Migrants: Minister
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent on Sept. 8.
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France won’t accept any “financial blackmail” from the U.K. over migrants crossing the English Channel, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a tweet on Thursday, following a British decision to turn boats back to France.
“France won’t accept any behavior that breaches maritime law, or any financial blackmail. Great Britain must honor its commitment. I said this clearly to my counterpart, @pritipatel,” Darmanin said in his tweet.