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Campaigners call for end to ‘policy of hostility’ at Britain-France border on 20th anniversary of Touquet Treaty
A group of people are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel, following a small boat incident in the Channel

MIGRANT rights campaigners are calling for an end to the “policy of hostility” at the Britain-France border on the 20th anniversary of the Touquet Treaty. 

The treaty, signed in February 2003, allowed for reciprocal border controls in France and Britain and increased border security, preventing refugees from reaching Britain’s shores to claim asylum. 

The agreement is described by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants as the “founding act” of the “hostile” immigration policy at the Britain-France border where more than 300 refugees and migrants have reportedly died while trying to reach Britain since 2003. 

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