France will allow thousands of Calais refugees to cross Channel if UK votes for Brexit,

[dixiegrrrrl]

Wow......that is truly a BIG threat.

Emmanuel Macron said France could exit the 'Touquet' agreement that currently allows British immigration checks in Calais and Dunkirk.
“The day this relationship unravels, migrants will no longer be in Calais,” he said.

Current regulations mean that entry to the UK can be refused before entering the Channel Tunnel or boarding ferries, rather than once passengers exit on British soil the other side

.Moving the Border Force checks to the UK could mean that refugees would be the other side of the Channel before being discovered, giving them the right to apply for asylum and stay in the country until a decision is made.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-jungle-thousands-of-calais-refugees-will-be-allowed-to-cross-channel-if-uk-votes-for-brexit-a6908891.html

[FLPanhandle]

1. Empty threat.

If the UK stays in the EU, then the EU will mandate they take many more thousands of refugees anyway.

[Lee-Lee]

2. I don't think this threat on the eve of the vote will make anyone love the EU more

I expect it will backfire badly in fact.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. It's dated March

and it's not surprising. It's a special agreement to allow British officials to operate on French territory; if the UK says "we don't want a special relationship with France", it's the kind of thing France could justifiably say "why should we continue to give them special treatment?"

[flamingdem]

3. Wow, taste of revenge reactions to follow

Won't be purdy across the pond.