Campaigners aim to prevent new action by France to tackle “taxi” vessels guided by people smugglers
Campaigners aim to prevent new action by France to tackle “taxi” vessels guided by people smugglers
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Smugglers deploy 'taxi boats' to collect migrants off the French coast
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French finally promise to intercept small boats in the Channel
Moment migrant 'taxi boat' stops to collect UK-bound asylum seekers
They are being launched from new sites and in new ways - out of reach of French police.
Smugglers are phoning police with fake tip-offs about non-existent boats along the coast
French charity to challenge new Channel migrant interception plans in European courts
Gangs devise sneaky strategies to usher migrants into small boats undetected
French police agree to intercept migrant ‘taxi boats’ at sea, according to leaked document
Under current rules, French authorities are prevented from tackling a migrant boat once it has entered the water, unless a vessel…
