Sunak Faces Cabinet Row Over Post-Brexit EU Borders Deal
- British government negotiating Frontex cooperation with EU
- Premier has pledged to ‘stop the boats’ crossing the Channel
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces criticism from within his own Cabinet over plans to pay the European Union for access to its Frontex border agency that would be limited by Britain’s post-Brexit status.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman is seeking to announce a deal with the EU by the end of September for Britain to secure “third-country” co-operation with Frontex, according to people familiar with her thinking who requested anonymity talking about matters that aren’t public. The agency coordinates the border and coast guards of Europe’s Schengen area.