France lashes out at Britain’s latest proposal on migrants

By DANICA KIRKA, JOHN LEICESTER and PAN PYLAS
Associated Press

CALAIS, France (AP) — France has reacted angrily to new British proposals for dealing with the deadly flow of migrants between their shores. A British letter and France’s response to it are the latest crossing of swords in what has become an increasingly fractious relationship between the erstwhile European partners. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday scolded the office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for making public the letter that the British leader sent on Thursday. Most notably, Johnson proposed that France take back migrants who illegally cross the English Channel. France quickly dismissed that idea. A French government spokesman also said that a British minister is no longer welcome at an upcoming European meeting to discuss the migration problem.