Amid the ongoing talks between Britain and France, the
issues regarding the English Channel were being addressed where both nations
promised to keep public safety first but after the death of 27 people by
drawing in the Channel, the two nations have started their blame game.
Leaders from both the countries are continuously engaging
in a war of words and refusing to take responsibility for the accident that
killed nearly 27 people who were making a sea journey on Wednesday. This has
further accelerated the migrant crisis between the nations and has taken them
back to point one.
This is one of the biggest losses at the Channel in recent
years and just after the accident was reported, counterparts from both sides of
Channel started blaming it on the other instead of owning the responsibility.
All of them died in the freezing cold waters of the French coast when their
inflatable vessel bound for Britain sank.
The people involved in the accident came from various
regions including Iraq. As per a statement by the Prime Minister of the Kurdish
Regional Government in Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish were also among the victims in the
accident and the authorities are trying to get details about them.
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson also expressed their concerns for the tragedy. Macron
stated that France will try everything in their power to not let the channel
become a ‘graveyard’. Though the two leaders superficially agreed on stepping
up efforts to prevent migrant crossings, some of the other leaders kept the
blame game going.
On Wednesday, Macron was hinting that Britain has been
politicising the matter since way long and even during the phone call with the
British Prime Minister, the French President urged to not use the migrant
crisis for domestic political gain. Next day too, the finger pointing battle
continued between the leaders.
"People are safe in
France, and the best way to keep people safe is to keep them on shore, not in
the hands of people smugglers in the middle of the Channel," said the
Member of Parliament for Dover, England, Natalie Elphike.
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