The British have paid to date half a billion sterling pounds to the French government to prevent the invasion of the UK by illegal migrants in small rubber boats crossing the channel after being launched from Calais, Dunkirk and other coastal towns in France.
So far, despite the frequent public displays of affection between UK’s Keir Starmer and France’s Emmanuel Macron, no matter how many agreements signed between the countries, nothing has managed to turn the tide on the tragedy.
Today, the overwhelmed French riot police clashed with people-smugglers in a coastal town, a day after hundreds of migrants arrived in the UK on small boats.
The Telegraph reported:
“The smugglers pelted officers with rocks and used engine oil to set fire to benches and debris in Gravelines in the early hours of Friday morning.”
Yesterday (17), hundreds of migrants managed to escape French police detection and board small rubber boats bound for Britain.
“The Telegraph witnessed dozens of officers armed with riot shields, assault rifles and helmets deployed on the streets of the seaside town, north-east of Calais, on Friday.
Volleys of tear gas were fired at the smugglers from grenade launchers during the short-lived confrontation. Barricades were set up near the exit point of the River Aa which runs through the center of the town and is used by the smugglers as a departure point for ‘taxi boats’.”
“It is believed the smugglers assaulted the officers as a diversionary tactic as they unsuccessfully tried to secretly launch dinghies filled with migrants. Some of the smugglers, who were of Middle Eastern origin, jeered and mocked the officers while filming on their phones. Two of the men were seen wearing bright orange life jackets around their necks.”
‘Molotov cocktails, fires, violence.’
Mark White reports migrants in Dunkirk attacked French police trying to stop a beach launch. Some are ‘violent in nature’ and ‘pose a risk’, destroying their phones and documents to avoid detection. pic.twitter.com/XuBu6CnuDM
— GB News (@GBNEWS) July 18, 2025
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