Migrant support groups in France say lack of action over British activists is ‘encouraging violent and xenophobic practices’
UK and French authorities have been accused of “encouraging violent and xenophobic practices” by failing to tackle anti-migrant British activists who travel to northern France in an attempt to stop small boat crossings.
In an unusual move, nine French associations working with people camped in northern France have issued a statement condemning the UK and French governments for lack of action.
The group Raise the Colours, which has organised the hanging of St George and union flags on lamp-posts and other street furniture across the UK, has launched Operation Overlord, a reference to the Normandy landings in the second world war.
On Friday, members of the group were in France targeting migrants for harassment and searching for dinghies buried in sand dunes to destroy. Some were detained by French police for their actions.
