Huge blow for Channel smugglers as major operations sees more arrests in Iraq
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2000408/Channel-migrants-smugglers-Iraq-France
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Huge blow for Channel smugglers as major operations sees more arrests in Iraq
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2000408/Channel-migrants-smugglers-Iraq-France
Posted by birdinthebush74
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Only a few months in and things are going pretty well.
Smashing the gangs will take time, but we’ve already seen steps towards it.
I bet the Express ‘journalists’ had to write this with gritted teeth.
I still think we should build a big loch ness monster in the channel.
I can’t help but see the headline and think: “Hydra decapitated! The beast will fall soon!”.
Can we start putting some sort of pressure on France for their role in channel crossings? All we do is give them money to reduce crossings but the French Navy seem to be escorting these boats to British waters.
>Article 25 of the Convention does allow states to prevent passage in their territorial waters, including to prohibit crime, smuggling, or breaching immigration rules. If such tactics were to put vessels in danger, the obligations for search and rescue still apply.
But any return of a vessel to a state’s territorial waters would require that state’s consent. It’s not clear whether France has consented to the return of vessels to its waters, especially given France’s negative response to the current proposals.