France Excludes UK From Migrant Crisis Meeting After PM’s ‘Unacceptable’ Letter

France Excludes UK From Migrant Crisis Meeting After PM’s ‘Unacceptable’ Letter
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on Nov. 25, 2021. Gareth Fuller/PA
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A meeting between Home Secretary Priti Patel and her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin has been dramatically cancelled following Boris Johnson’s latest intervention in the channel crossing migrant crisis.

A public letter sent by the Prime Minister to President Emmanuel Macron was described as “unacceptable” by the French Interior Ministry which said Ms Patel was “no longer invited” to the meeting with other European ministers on Sunday.