Brexit fishing row: French MP threatens to stop migrant border checks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : For Britain, this means that migrant checks on vehicles and trains can be carried out before they reach the UK and claim asylum -
47% : Jean-Pierre Pont, MP for the fishing community of Boulogne-sur-Mer, said the French government should consider scrapping the Touquet Treaty which allows the UK to set up border checkpoints on French soil.
45% : Tearing up the deal would mean border checks could only be done on British soil, allowing more migrants to cross the Channel
39% : Scrapping the deal would mean stowaway migrants would only be stopped once they are already on British soil, where they can claim asylum.

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