Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleVideo footage has emerged showing migrants throwing objects at French police officers as they attempted to intercept a small boat launch on a beach in northern France. The confrontation comes amid a more proactive push by French authorities following a joint UK-France agreement in April that deployed additional police units to northern beaches. Official figures show Channel crossings so far this year have fallen to 15,897, representing a 43 per cent decline compared to the same period last year. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood praised the joint effort, saying that UK and French operations have prevented more than 47,000 small boat crossing attempts since the UK election. French officials have rejected a Reform UK proposal to deploy the Royal Navy to transport migrants back to France or Belgium, calling it a violation of international law. In fullFootage shows migrants attacking French police trying to stop small boat crossing to UKMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
French police attacked while attempted to intercept small boat launch
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleVideo footage has emerged showing migrants throwing objects at French police officers as they attempted to intercept a small boat launch on a beach in northern France. The confrontation comes amid a more proactive push by French authorities following a joint UK-France agreement in April that deployed additional police units to northern beaches. Official figures show Channel crossings so far this year have fallen to 15,897, representing a 43 per cent decline compared to the same period last year. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood praised the joint effort, saying that UK and French operations have prevented more than 47,000 small boat crossing attempts since the UK election. French officials have rejected a Reform UK proposal to deploy the Royal Navy to transport migrants back to France or Belgium, calling it a violation of international law. In fullFootage shows migrants attacking French police trying to stop small boat crossing to UKMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
