France is backing away from a recent commitment to intervene more forcefully at sea to stop small boats from crossing the English Channel, according to multiple sources contacted by the BBC. There is ...
The operation follows a change of tactics agreed amid growing pressure from the UK government to step up interventions.
French police have punctured Channel migrants’ boats at sea for the first time in a change of tactics backed by Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary. Officers armed with knives entered the sea at a beach ...