French Police Come Under Attack While Trying to Stop Small Boat Crossing to the UK
French officers used Pava spray and punctured an inflatable boat as part of a tougher campaign that blocked 185 crossing attempts in three months.
- Video footage released on August 20 shows French police officers intercepting a small boat launch on a northern beach, where migrants threw objects at officers who responded with PAVA spray and slashed the inflatable vessel.
- Following an April UK-France agreement, authorities deployed extra police units, including a 50-person riot squad, to disrupt launch attempts along the coast before vessels reach the Channel.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood reported joint operations have stopped over 47,000 small boat crossing attempts since the election, while 15,897 migrants have crossed the Channel this year, a 43 per cent decline.
- Smuggling gangs have altered tactics by crowding a record 230 people into single vessels earlier this month, while authorities prevented 12 so-called "taxi boats" from reaching migrants along the coast.
- Reform UK proposed deploying the Royal Navy to intercept and transport migrants to France or Belgium, though French officials rejected the plan, stating it "would be a violation of French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law.
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