Editorial: Le Monde

• The issue of the Franco-British border is almost exclusively posed in terms of surveillance, drones, and fighting against smugglers.
• The 2003 Touquet agreements have made the French security forces guardians of the UK's rail and maritime borders.
• The number of people attempting to cross the Channel in unsafe vessels has dramatically surged in the last decade.
• France has become a subcontractor of London's immigration policy.
• Attempts by migrants to find new routes lead to an increase in risk and result in more tragedies.
• A proposed solution is for migrants to apply for asylum in the UK at the border.

Conclusion: The management of migration between the UK and France requires a common policy. The current approach of extreme oversight has proved not just ineffective but has also led to an unacceptable human cost.

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