The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and ...
FILE PHOTO: A Border Force boat carrying migrants arrives at Dover harbour, in Dover, Britain August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File PhotoShare this contentBRUSSELS: The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.
Britain's Home Office said this week the uptick in the numbers attempting the perilous crossing was frustrating. Unlike with Turkey, where the EU needed a migration pact to ensure Ankara keeps on its soil the millions of Middle Eastern refugees it hosts - the 27 EU countries are in no rush. EU sources said migration would not ultimately be a deal maker or breaker in the negotiations, where fisheries and state aid arrangements are the biggest lingering hurdles.
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