Migrants in Calais camps seeking asylum in the UK should be allowed to lodge their claim in France, the president of the region has told the BBC.
Xavier Bertrand said many of the 9,000 migrants wanted to cross the border.
He said he wanted a new deal in which they could apply for UK asylum at a "hotspot" in France rather than having to wait to reach British soil.
& the correct answer is:
The Home Office said "those in need of protection should seek asylum in the first safe country they enter".
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UK politicians have said the migrants in Calais should claim asylum in France if they need protection.
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Under EU rules, known as the Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers should claim asylum in the first safe country they come to.
Calais chief wants new migrant border deal with UK - BBC News
The french have been getting away with this for decades; instead of dealing with the refugees/immigrants/asylum seekers as EU rules dictate, they just build a camp and hope they find their way to Blighty; utterly disgraceful...