Britain's labour laws encourage illegal migrant crossings, says French minister

FILE PHOTO: Confiscated outboard motors and dinghies are seen at a police station in Calais, France, August 3, 2021. Picture taken August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Britain's own labour laws encouraged migrants to attempt the perilous crossing of the Channel by dinghy and that it was France which suffered from London's own inaction.

British frustration at the number of migrants illegally crossing the Channel from French shores has resurfaced in recent days after more than a 1,000 reached southern England in a single day last week. But Darmanin said responsibility lay at Britain's door.