Human Rights Probe After Police 'Slash Rubber Dinghy' Taking Migrants to UK

Should French police use knives to deflate migrant boats bound for UK?

A French police officer slashed an inflatable before it collapsed at Oye-Plage, with about 25 young men wearing life jackets then forced off the boat as they retreated back to the beach.

Human rights probe after police 'slash rubber dinghy' taking migrants to UK

Video footage appears to show French police using a knife to slash a rubber dinghy carrying migrants near Calais, as human rights watchdogs launch an investigation into the alleged incident

French police face human rights probe for popping inflatable migrant boat - while it was still on the beach

French police are facing a human rights probe for popping an inflatable migrant boat before it set sail for Britain. Footage of the incident was circulated across social media, which appeared to show an officer using a knife to slash a rubber dinghy packed with migrants on a Calais beach. The small boat subsequently deflated, leaving its passengers to step back onto the sand at Oye-Plage. The standoff is believed to have occurred on Sunday morni…