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Showing Original Post only (View all)Calais Tells Britain: 'Take Back Your Border' [View all]
Here is the frontline of what the British far Right were complaining about, starting to come back to bite them in the arse.
French politicians are demanding that Britain takes back its border after voting to leave the European Union.
The Mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart said an immigration deal which allows Britain to check passports in France, preventing migrants from crossing the Channel, should be renegotiated.
Ms Bouchart told French broadcaster BFM TV: "The British must take on the consequences of their choice.
"We are in a strong position to push, to press this request for a review and we are asking the President to bring his weight (to the issue).
"We must put everything on the table and there must be an element of division, of sharing."
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Link here; if you read on, you find the national politicians override the local ones
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2016
#1
Everything is now on the table, allowing a non-EU country have what is essentially a border inside
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#2
It will certainly affect the Bosman & Kopack rules. There are ramifications that people still have
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#4
The people who voted for Brexit would happily vote to close/fill the Chunnel.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2016
#7
Funnily enough, one of my best friends owns a shop/bar in France, married to a French woman and was
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#13
The French seem to want to live up to their reputation as a petulant people.
FLPanhandle
Jun 2016
#6
Anglo-French mutual resentment goes back centuries and the Brits were "petty" first here.
TeamPooka
Jun 2016
#10
*Bane Voice* People of Britain... take control.... take control of your country!
Initech
Jun 2016
#16