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Next stop Britain: TWO 50ft inflatable dinghies loaded up with 80 people by brazen people-smugglers on northern France beach - with no French policeman in sight
2021-11-17
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Migrants seen manhandling inflatables down cliff tops to reach sea from two remote beaches south of Calais

  • People smuggling minders waded knee deep in the sea as the migrants clambered aboard for perilous voyage

  • A total of 1,185 migrants crossed Channel to the UK last Thursday, eclipsing the previous daily high of 853

  • UK has repeatedly accused France of failing to act to stop the crossings - which have topped 20,000 this year

  • Migrant told MailOnline how people traffickers don't get into boats themselves but help with the departure

  • Came as French cops began clearing out the Grande-Synthe camp where 1,500 migrants were staying

  • Exhausted migrants seen being carried onto Dungeness Beach today after being taken ashore by RNLI
Related:
Calais: 2021-11-06 Deadly week for migrants on French coast; at least 3 killed
Calais: 2021-11-05 Britain is an 'Eldorado' for illegal migrants and 'lacks courage' to tighten its migration laws, Calais mayor rages - after 400 were plucked from the Channel on a single day and one was found dead off Dunkirk
Calais: 2021-11-03 France to offer evicted Calais migrants shelter, envoy says
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Decathlon shops in northern France have stopped selling CANOES after migrants started using them to make dangerous solo crossings to Britain
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-11-17 08:16  

#2  Mesmerising moment 50 MILLION cannibalistic crabs cover bridges and shut down roads as they make their way to the ocean to breed in Australia
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-11-17 08:07  

#1  Interesting slant to the headline. Would it have been better if there WERE cops and they were just sitting on their butts watching?
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-11-17 07:58  

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