migrant found on a French beach. Pierre-Henri Dumont said the death was caused by Britain's refusal to allow asylum claims to be made outside the UK.He asked: "How many more tragedies does it need for the British to find an ounce of humanity?" French citizenship minister Marlene Schiappa said on Twitter that a 16-year-old Sudanese migrant had died on the same day that dozens more migrants attempted the dangerous crossing to the UK.
It comes as Dan O'Mahoney, the Home Office's newly appointed clandestine Channel threat commander, is expected to return to France on Thursday to continue discussions with officials in Paris and Calais in a bid to tackle the crisis.
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