British-funded French police have been filmed watching as migrants board small boats to illegally cross the English Channel, an ITV News investigation can reveal.
Our team were near Dunkirk at a well-known launching point for the small boats, when a group of more than 50 migrants were able to cross the beach and get onto a dinghy directly in front of French officers, apparently unimpeded.
This occurred despite a £500m investment from the UK government as part of a three-year agreement with the France, which is supposed to help them stop these crossings.
Read more on the ITV News website: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-10/undeterred-and-uninterrupted-french-police-watch-on-as-migrants-cross-channel
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