Obfuscation and contempt seem clear in the Grud's news today
EU rejects British plan for post-Brexit return of asylum seekers
the UK plan has been described in Brussels as “very unbalanced” and “not good enough”....European diplomats stress that the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has no power to negotiate a readmission agreement on migrants with the UK. The Frenchman’s negotiating mandate, laid down by 27 governments, makes vague proposals for cooperation and “regular dialogues” on managing the thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa....European nations are unsympathetic to a country on the north-western fringes that receives relatively few asylum applications
It's not just about realpolitk, of course -- there's shroud-waving as well.
Talks on a post-Brexit deal continue this week amid rising tensions between the UK and France following the death of a Sudanese teenager while attempting to cross the Channel in an inflatable dinghy.
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