France's new Channel crossing tactics showing results, UK claims

Migrants face dangerous Channel crossings with 250 arriving Monday and 165 in a single boat in July; some migrants throw objects at police during interception attempts.

Along the northern coast of France this summer, a quiet but consequential shift has taken shape: authorities armed with new funding and undisclosed techniques have begun stopping migrant boats before they reach British waters, intercepting 185 crossings and some 4,300 people in a matter of weeks. The effort flows from a £662 million UK-France agreement struck in April, one that reflects a shared wager that disruption at the source can reshape the calculus of a dangerous journey. Yet the Channel has long resisted simple solutions — crossings are down but not stopped, boats are growing larger, a

France's new Channel crossing tactics showing results, UK claims

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