A plane from the European border agency Frontex landed Wednesday, December 1 in Lille to be deployed over the English Channel and help fight migratory trafficking, a week after the death of 27 migrants in a shipwreck, announced Gérald Darmanin on Twitter.
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“
As announced last Sunday at the intergovernmental meeting in #Calais, the plane of the European agency @Frontex arrived in Lille today to strengthen aerial surveillance in the context of the fight against illegal immigration in the Channel,
”tweeted the Minister of the Interior, with a photo of the device on the tarmac.
The crew of the plane, provided by Denmark, "
is very experienced and has already been deployed in other Frontex operations, most recently in Spain,
" said the agency in a statement.
The aircraft is equipped "
with modern sensors and radars to support border control on land and at sea,
" Frontex adds.
"
We are starting with a single plane, but we are ready to strengthen our support if necessary
", explains Fabrice Leggeri, the director of Frontex, quoted in the press release, in which he underlines the deployment "
in just three days
" of the device. .
This "
European
plane
will be able to help the French, Dutch and Belgian police forces day and night,
" Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday after his meeting in Calais with his counterparts.
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The minister also announced Monday the "
doubling
" of the number of police and gendarmes responsible for combating illegal immigration and the creation of regional offices to try to dismantle the networks of smugglers.
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