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France has been under mounting pressure from the UK to intercept migrant vessels at sea amid growing public anger over illegal migration

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The government has been accused of “fuelling an arms race of dangerous interceptions” that could “turn the Channel into a graveyard” after it emerged that French police will use large nets to stop small boat crossings – despite warnings that such tactics could put lives at risk.