(ANSA) – PARIS, 15 DEC – France intends to regulate the purchase of equipment that allows crossings of the Channel to the United Kingdom, in particular, by introducing a ban on the purchase of boats with cash: this is what was reported by the Minister of ‘Interior, Gérald Darmanin, during a hearing in the Paris Senate. Responding to a question on the migratory situation in Calais, three weeks after the tragedy of the sea that caused the death of 27 migrants, the minister promised more effective action against the “supply chains”, in parallel with the migration chains. “We could imagine mandatory invoices for the purchase of boats. Payments that could not be made in cash but only payments by electronic card or wire transfers. This – Darmanin specified – would allow us to trace the networks (of traffickers, ed.), Which today it is not possible “.
The minister added that he intends to raise the issue at a meeting scheduled for next week with the German counterpart. (HANDLE).
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