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France aims to intercept UK-bound migrant boats offshore as Channel crossings surge
Faced with a growing number of Channel migrant crossings, France hopes to stop more small boats from reaching Britain by changing its rules of engagement to intercept vessels, France's interior ...
'Bizarre' rule banning French police wading into Channel waters to stop migrant 'small boats' to be axed
The change is set to come as some 17,000 economic migrants and asylum seekers have already reached UK shores so far this year ...
'Taxi boats' pick up migrants in waist-deep water as Channel smugglers switch tactics
An inflatable taxi boat, operated by a smuggling gang, had just arrived by sea and now circled repeatedly. Over the course of ...
D.C. onlookers line streets for Trump military parade; 'No Kings' protests unfold nationwide
Army's 250th anniversary celebrated with a military parade in Washington, D.C., on Trump's birthday. 'No Kings' protests by ...
‘I was lying between a lorry and a train’: One refugee’s two-year journey from Sudan to the UK
In Independent Studio's latest series UNHEARD, Ismail shares how he risked everything on a dangerous journey to the UK in ...
French police fire tear gas and pepper spray at migrants seeking to board 'small boats' heading to UK
The new tactics come after officers were criticised for standing by and watching overcrowded, unseaworthy vessels set off across the Channel ...