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French police nab 14 migrants at Channel port harbour
2019-01-03
Yes, but what did they do with them afterward? The common sense response would be to send them back to their home country post haste, but absolutely nobody over there seems to be doing that.
[AlAhram] French police caught 14 migrants colonists trying to steal a fishing trawler in the Channel port of Boulogne, a local prosecutor said Tuesday.

It was the latest in a string of incidents in which migrants colonists have tried to use French vessels to attempt the Channel crossing to England.

"Those seeking to help them on their way were busy breaking into the trawler" to let them aboard when harbour authorities called police, Pascal Marconville told AFP.

The migrants colonists, including a mother and her two children, said they came from Iraq.

Police were still looking for two people they suspected of being the people smugglers involved in the incident, Marconville added.

In mid-November, a fishing vessel stolen from the harbour was intercepted with migrants colonists aboard off the southern English coast.

A second stolen vessel was stopped with 16 migrants colonists aboard on December 23 just after making it out to sea from Boulogne harbour.

Britannia and La Belle France have agreed to boost cooperation to try to stop the increase in numbers, which began in October, the Britannia's Home Office said Sunday.

They plan to increase Channel patrols and increase awareness of the dangers of trying to cross what is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

In December, around 230 people have tried to make the 21-mile (33-kilometre) journey from La Belle France to Britannia, according to Britannia's interior minister Sajid Javid.

French or British vessels have rescued about 100 migrants colonists in the Channel since December 23.

British authorities found 43 people in English waters on Christmas Day and December 26.

On Thursday, British border officials found 23 Iranians in three locations in Kent on England's southeast coast, hours after French maritime authorities intercepted 11 migrants colonists in a small boat near Sangatte.

And on Sunday, authorities intercepted six Iranians near Kingsdown beach in Dover.

Britannia said Monday it would deploy two border patrol ships in the Channel in response to the increase in migrants colonists crossing from La Belle France in dinghies.

Malta opens waters to German NGO rescue boats beset by seasickness closer to shore

[DW] Berlin-based Sea-Watch said conditions on the boats had become dangerous, with migrants colonists suffering from severe sea-sickness and post-traumatic stress disorder. The vessels were denied access to ports in Malta and Italia.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  French or British vessels have rescued intercepted about 100 migrants colonists in the Channel since December 23.
Posted by: Frank G   2019-01-03 09:03  

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