Nicolas Sarkozy, the Republican frontrunner for the 2017 French presidential election, told la Voix du Nord that he wants to create a “hotspot” in the UK for migrants hoping to cross the channel. EurActiv France reports. “As most foreigners come to Calais to try and reach Great Britain, I want our British friends to start dealing with requests for asylum in the UK in a closed center on their own territory, and to take responsibility for returning those whose requests are rejected,” he told the regional newspaper on Monday (5 September). The former French president suggested that “teams of French...