Tony Smith calls for new Anglo-French border enforcement teams as dozens of people cross the Channel in dinghies.
The French patrol vessel could be seen shadowing the inflatable, as the 13 occupants got ever closer to the English side of the Channel.Migrants shadowed by a French naval vessel
A day earlier, another group of small boats was stopped in the Channel in similar circumstances, with 64 men, women and children, from countries including Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar taken to Dover harbour."As I understand it, the French are in some circumstances able to prevent some boats from coming across, but we've seen recent evidence produced in the media of that not happening.
"This is all driven by money and smugglers. They will be showing people pictures now of what we've seen on Sky News yesterday, this is all you need to do, pay us the money, we will put you in a dinghy and push you off.UK Border Force has to wait until the small boats cross into British waters before picking them up
He said:"I do think we need to have a very serious look at this and examine, firstly our own capability and are we capable of interdiction on the high seas, how would that work safely and are we able to return therm to their point of disembarkation."
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