Sarkozy says Britain should manage asylum seekers on its own territory

Reuters ^ | August 27th, 2016 | by Bate Felix and Ingrid Melander

[Mariner]

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is attempting a political comeback before next year's election, said on Saturday that Britain should open an asylum center on its territory to deal with asylum seekers now camped in Calais.

Migrants aiming to reach Britain have over the years gathered in camps called the "jungle" in the French port of Calais.

In the past two years, the population of the camps has swelled as warfare and economic upheaval in North Africa and the Middle East has driven thousands of migrants to try to reach Britain illegally through the Channel Tunnel.

"I'm demanding the opening of a center in Britain to deal with asylum seekers in Britain so that Britain can do the work that concerns them," Nicolas Sarkozy told a political rally in Touquet in northern France.

Sarkozy said Britain should manage the asylum process, accepting those it wants on British territory and organizing charters to remove those who are rejected.

[Mariner]

It wasn't Britain that let all those crazy Jihadis into France.

They don't call it Brexit for nothing.

Now you can call them survivors.

[glorgau]

No problem. The Brits can use the island of Saint Helena as the processing center.

[Paladin2]

Sarko should fix his own borders and current muzzie invaders.

[MtnClimber]

Britain should send them back. I like the sink or swim plan.

[ichabod1]

Demanding?

[cardinal4]

Why don’t the French just round everyone that’s camped out in Calais up and deport them?

[BBell]

Hey Sarkozy! Go pound sand!

[Dagnabitt]

Dear France,
Take out your own trash.
Britain is not your garbageman.

[BenLurkin]

Sarkozy: that Britain should open an asylum center on its territory to deal with asylum seekers now camped in Calais.

[SharpRightTurn]

Put them on barges and tow them back to Algeria/Tunisia/Libya/Morocco.

[Reverend Wright]

Step 1: Brexit
Step 2: blow up the Channel Tunnel

[Myrddin]

Sarkozy is wrong on this topic. The UK decided they wanted out of the EU. A large part of that was regaining control of their borders. The scum can stay out of the UK. If Sarkozy wants them out of Calais, then round them up and send them to their country of origin. Subtract the expect of the deportation from any other aid that country of origin may be been scheduled to receive.

[blueplum]

sorry, France - you opened the doors along with your pal Angela. Put them on a French liner and send them back to Libya.

[Oztrich Boy]

Sorry, you took Calais and all associated problems in 1558

[dfwgator]

"NO!"

[DoughtyOne]

What part of brEXIT is this guy having a hard time understanding?  Looks a lot like 100%.  It's time for frEXIT!

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[Mr Radical]

I’m sure that one of the reasons a majority of fellow Britons voted for BRexit was the existance of the Calais camps - the ordinary poeple don’t want them here and, France, you’re welcome to them.

[ronnie raygun]

“I’m demanding the opening of a center in Britain to deal with asylum seekers in Britain
They still dont get it, bye bye europe

[Katya]

The problem in Europe is where would they deport them to? The country they exited before entering France? That’s probably another Euro country. Repatriate them to country of origin? How? They have no documents on purpose... countries around the world do not take back their citizenry without proof they are a citizen. The problem of course is that these people entered Europe in the first place, they didn’t enter Europe in France... they simply made it TO France. Which is why we saw a Brexit occur.

[Mollypitcher1]

Sarkozy is bloody damn Right! It’s the Brits immensely generous welfare policies that have drawn these people to Calais which is the closest point they can get to England. From Calais they hope by one way or another to get to England to settle. They are not French. They don’t want to stay in France. They want to get to ENGLAND for the FREEBIES! They SHOULD NOT BE FRANCE’S PROBLEM!