Daniel Vaillant (born on 19 July 1949) is a French Socialist politician. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste or PS) is the main opposition party in France. ...
The French interior minister, DanielVaillant, is expected to press France's key point that it is not the Sangatte Red Cross centre that attracts refugees, but British laws on immigration and asylum.
Mr Vaillant is expected to reject British criticism of French laxity or inactivity over Sangatte, noting that professional people smugglers have been given heavy prison sentences and that the French police presence at the tunnel entrance has been boosted.
In the shorter term, Mr Vaillant is expected to repeat his request for a number of British police and immigration officials to be permanently stationed at the Coquelles terminal to help with security checks.