French Police Come Under Attack While Trying to Stop Small Boat Crossing to the UK

French police intercept migrant taxi boats at sea

Elite unit stops vessels travelling up the coast to collect migrants waiting to cross the Channel

French police storm beach to stop migrant Channel crossing

Drone footage shows officers using pepper spray and slashing an inflatable boat as migrants attempt to reach the UK Drone footage released by the UK’s Border Security Command on Thursday shows French police intercepting migrants attempting to cross the English Channel illegally. The officers moved in on the beach as dozens of migrants wearing life...

Lawless small boat migrants pelt French police with rocks while they slash their dinghy

Shocking new footage has shown wannabe small boat migrants attacking French police as they attempted to cross the English Channel. Life jacket-clad migrants can be seen hurling projectiles at officers to try to keep them away from the large dinghy ready to launch from a beach. The video, released by the Home Office, shows police then deploying pepper spray to ward off the attackers. Pushing them away, the officers then appear to slash the dinghy…

Footage shows migrants attacking police trying to stop small boat crossing to UK

Footage shows migrants attacking French police who attempted to intercept a small boat launch

French cops seize migrant boat in Channel crackdown

French police have used pepper spray and knives to stop a group of migrants launching an inflatable boat across the English Channel, with dramatic drone footage capturing the confrontation on a beach in northern France. Video released by the UK Border Security Command shows dozens of people wearing life jackets attempting to push the inflatable vessel towards the sea as officers move in to prevent its departure. According to ITV, some members of…