8 h. ago French police deploy their latest weapon in the fight against small boat smugglers... days after gendarmes began slashing dinghies with knives

The new tactic comes just days after footage emerged of French officers using a knife to slash a dinghy packed with migrants before dragging the deflated vessel back to dry land.

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41 h. ago French police slash migrant boat and drag passengers back to shore just as they attempt to cross the Channel for Britain

Dramatic footage shows dozens of migrants and asylum seekers boarding an inflatable dingy as it approaches the shallow waters.

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42 h. ago French police slash migrant boat and drag passengers back to shore just as they attempt to set across the Channel for Britain

Dramatic footage shows dozens of migrants and asylum seekers boarding an inflatable dingy as it approaches the shallow waters.

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43 h. ago French police ‘slash small boats with knives’ to prevent Channel crossings

Downing Street said the new tactics will have a ‘major impact’ on smuggling gangs

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3 d. ago Chaos on French shores as 'people trafficker' is seen WHIPPING terrified migrants as they scramble to board boat bound for the UK

The Mail beat French police to the shore at small-boat hotspot Gravelines beach at 5.30am, where large groups of migrants were running to reach the waves

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2 w. ago Moment the French FINALLY try to stop the boats: Police slash rubber dinghy with knife but migrants say 'we're not afraid to die' in bid to reach UK as another 1,634 arrive in last week

A French police officer was seen single-handedly foiling an attempt by a group of people to cross the English Channel this morning in a dinghy by stabbing the inflated boat with a knife.

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2 w. ago French plans to stop small boats will lead to more deaths, says charity

French charity to challenge new Channel migrant interception plans in European courtsPlans by French police to enter the sea to stop small boats carrying UK-bound asylum seekers willcause more deaths and will be challenged in the European courts, a French charity has said.Arthur Dos Santos, the coordinator of the refugee charity Utopia 56, said there would be an increase in the number of people who would take “desperate” measures to reach the UK. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago '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

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2 w. ago The battle of Calais: Gangs of migrants stream past French police and through tear gas to waiting 'taxi boats' yelling 'England, England!'

Extraordinary scenes showed dozens of French police and coastguards looking on as men and some women crammed onto an overloaded boat off Gravelines beach.

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2 w. ago Migrants slump to the ground as French police again use tear gas to stop them setting off for Britain... but many more make it to waiting 'taxi boats' yelling 'England, England!'

Extraordinary scenes showed dozens of French police and coastguards looking on as men and some women crammed onto an overloaded boat off Gravelines beach.

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3 w. ago More than 900 migrants reach UK in small boats as French police fire tear gas at families trying to board dinghy

At least one family was photographed having been affected by tear gas as French officers tried to disperse hundreds of migrants near Calais

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3 w. ago French police 'fire tear gas' at migrants in bid to stop small boats

French police raced into the water to prevent migrants boarding small boats bound for Britain

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3 w. ago French police TEAR GAS migrants and enter the water to drag them back to shore but are overwhelmed by sheer numbers as more boats head for Britain

French police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse hundreds of migrants looking to board boats headed for Britain.

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3 w. ago The dangerous new strategy used by people traffickers to outwit French police and smuggle boat loads of Channel migrants into the UK

EU border agency Frontex said in an official updated that traffickers were adapting their methods in an attempt to boost the number of successful crossings.

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